Since this is the "writing journal"...

[pippinswolf]

I have hit the dreaded "oh-no-how-do-I-write-the-sentiment-behind-the-pithy-quote-from-one-of-the-characters" block. What am I talking about, you ask? I'm writing my challenge 21 story, and one of the characters has just uttered the tag line that is the title of my story. The other character has asked what was meant by that statement, and now I don

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[pippinswolf]

I might just do that! (((you)))

[rabidsamfan]

Explaining pithy comments just wrecks them. Let your character shrug/grin and say "nothing" or "think about it" and then do something else (like hug or feed or whatever) the object of the pithiness to show what they meant.

*kicks writers block*

*stubs toe*

[pippinswolf]

LOL, don't hurt yourself there. That's good advice, thank you.

[shirebound]

I know none of you have WIP's on your hard drive that you weren't sure what to do with next, or wrote yourself into a corner, etc.

Goodness, of course not!

*grins*

[pippinswolf]

*grins back*

[lame_pegasus]

I've written myself into a corner once or twice. But if I can help...

[pippinswolf]

*hugs* thank you.

[ansostuff]

*hugs*

Oh that happens to me too. I have the same situation in my new story (not for challenge 21, but "Master in training" which is up unbetaed with two chapters). Unfortunately I don¨t have a "remedy" for these situations.

[pippinswolf]

*hugs back*