One-line of dialogue can fix any story problem, or so they say. Like, "It's really great that we invented this thingymabopper to help us breathe under water." However, what people don't realize, is how many hours of strife and struggle it takes to get to that one simple little line...
Lately, I've been battling it out with my evil villian. I'm severely confused. What made perfect sense previously is complicated now. As I'm red-penning the later chapters, I realized my villian's been doing things that go against her true nature. Nice things. And last I knew, evil villians did not do nice things. At least, for nice reasons. If only I could uncover her true (and truly evil) motive for doing the nice things she's doing (and spell it out in one line of dialogue), it might all make sense and I could sleep better at night...
Another predicament I so kindly brought upon myself is...how to kill one of my main characters. I love him, and I'm not completely certain I can part with him. However, if I do part with him, I must do it epicly (I don't think that's an actual word). There can be no lame deaths in this novel. Oh, but I can't bear to watch...or write it.
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