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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[lin4gondor]

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. ;-)

Hah! ;-)

Don't you just hate it when those characters leave you hanging like that? Mine usually decide to start talking again just as I fall asleep, and I can't make myself wake up enough to go write it down. Then of course it's gone and I have to start from scratch.

Talk to yourself as much as you need to in order to get that challenge unchallenging!

[pippinswolf]

Maybe keep a notepad by your bed and jot down the idea if you're awake enogh to guide a pencil; that way even if it isn't as fresh in the morning, you at least will have a good idea of what you wanted to write.
**hugs**

[meneleth]

What is a "challenge 21 story"? Sounds interesting.

[pippinswolf]

marigoldg has writing challenges once a month; she assigns a topic/character and you write a story around that topic or character. I haven't entered one for a while. It's not a contest, just a means of getting folks to write LOTR fic and encourage budding and experienced authors alike. we're up to Challenge 21 now. :-)

[gentlehobbit]

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. ;-)

Nope. Never. Not me! I'm glad that you know that none of that kind of nonsense would ever happen to any of us!

;)

[pippinswolf]

No siree, not us, the words just flow like molasses in summer a spring gushing from the side of a mountain.
;-)