{"id":38551,"date":"2020-10-22T06:30:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T17:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=38551"},"modified":"2020-10-18T22:40:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T09:40:05","slug":"inside-the-writing-life-those-moments-of-grr-argh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2020\/10\/22\/inside-the-writing-life-those-moments-of-grr-argh\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside The Writing life: Those Moments of “Grr-Argh”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A different sort of “grr argh”<\/p><\/div>\n

In writing a multi-book story, there are always moments of what I, borrowing from the Buffy ‘<\/em><\/strong>verse, describe as moments of “grr-argh”—which in Buffy<\/em> is what happens when the unwary encounter a vampire. Well, the vampire goes “grr-argh” (or some variant thereof) and the unwary runs away screaming (if they’re lucky…)<\/p>\n

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Inclusion…<\/p><\/div>\n

In less elevated environs, such as those surrounding the writing of books, they could also be called moments of hair-tearing, or alternatively, head-desking.<\/p>\n

Continuity errors are a reliable source of such moments, i.e. when the author realises they can’t do x-y-z<\/em> here, as long planned, because way back whenever, the character or characters did a-b-c<\/em> under the same or near-similar circumstances. So to do x-y-z<\/em> now would be inconsistent: shock, horror. (Actually, I do in fact, regard continuity errors with ‘fear and loathing.’ Just saying.)<\/p>\n

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…in any of these…<\/p><\/div>\n

Another moment-of-headdesk relatively recently was discovering that a minor but fun anecdote\/fact I have consistently edited out of the previous three manuscripts because it wasn’t vital to their storylines (and reducing overall word count always a pressing consideration), would have made a really great set-up for something not quite so minor in WALL #4… Headdesk indeed!<\/p>\n

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…could’ve been good…<\/p><\/div>\n

This should not, by the way, be confused with that far more major dilemma “writing oneself into a corner.” It just means the author (yep, that’s right: me!) has to work a little harder in this case, to build the setup within this<\/em> book. Still, definitely a tad frustrating, although probably unsurprising given it is<\/em> a multi-book story.<\/p>\n

Heigh ho… Or to put it another way, just another regular day in the life literaire. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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