mootmom (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mootmom) wrote,@ 2003-11-10 08:00:00 |
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Is that all there is??
Yesterday (Sunday) was
Day: 09/30 and resulted in
Word count: 20,189/50,000 Darn, forgot to end on a 1.
I spent a long time Sat. doing researchy things and scoping out what I thought I would have happening with my plot points, so I could just race through the rest of the writing from now on. But it seems I still don't really, truly, 100% know how these loose ends are going to tie together. How will the map in the mural figure in? Will it pinpoint some location in the steam tunnels? Will the chest be there? Why are Mrs. Brooks and her offspring skulking around down there, and why did the previous resident shoot at them? (And was that previous resident in fact Mr. Ian Woon?) I've got the business about the 1840s all sewn up in my head (not yet written, but all thought out), but I can't figure out how the "present day" (e.g. 1970s) details fit into that! In fact, what is the actual overall point of the story?? Is it finding the artifacts? Asserting what happened to Edgar in 1849? Glossing right over Harry's supposition about infrasound? Bringing someone to justice? Leaving everyone hanging on an unresolved "maybe yes, maybe no" unsatisfying plot question? What is the point of this story which I want to leave with my potential readers??
OMG, that's really the kicker, isn't it?! Ooops. Now I'm in danger of losing steam and enthusiasm if I suddenly decide I don't have a point at all here. I'm liking the story and I see possibilities for it, but why the heck am I writing it in the first place?? Sigh. And here I thought I was doing pretty well...
And Chris's pep talk didn't really help me this morning. I should have this plot stuff figured out by now, since my story is becoming so plot-driven.
Yesterday (Sunday) was
Day: 09/30 and resulted in
Word count: 20,189/50,000 Darn, forgot to end on a 1.
I spent a long time Sat. doing researchy things and scoping out what I thought I would have happening with my plot points, so I could just race through the rest of the writing from now on. But it seems I still don't really, truly, 100% know how these loose ends are going to tie together. How will the map in the mural figure in? Will it pinpoint some location in the steam tunnels? Will the chest be there? Why are Mrs. Brooks and her offspring skulking around down there, and why did the previous resident shoot at them? (And was that previous resident in fact Mr. Ian Woon?) I've got the business about the 1840s all sewn up in my head (not yet written, but all thought out), but I can't figure out how the "present day" (e.g. 1970s) details fit into that! In fact, what is the actual overall point of the story?? Is it finding the artifacts? Asserting what happened to Edgar in 1849? Glossing right over Harry's supposition about infrasound? Bringing someone to justice? Leaving everyone hanging on an unresolved "maybe yes, maybe no" unsatisfying plot question? What is the point of this story which I want to leave with my potential readers??
OMG, that's really the kicker, isn't it?! Ooops. Now I'm in danger of losing steam and enthusiasm if I suddenly decide I don't have a point at all here. I'm liking the story and I see possibilities for it, but why the heck am I writing it in the first place?? Sigh. And here I thought I was doing pretty well...
And Chris's pep talk didn't really help me this morning. I should have this plot stuff figured out by now, since my story is becoming so plot-driven.
