November 13, 2007

16,407 and Attack of the Plot Bunnies

Category: Writing

Okay, I'm knocking off for the night. I broke the 16,000 word mark, so I'm giving myself the rest of the evening off.

I'll admit it, I invoked the power of a plot bunny--one of those amusing but meaningless tangents that likely will not make it into the final draft, but worked well in the short term for keeping the creative juices flowing.

In case you wondered, I killed off one supporting character (SC) with this plot bunny (not literally), but I compensated by introducing seven more. I guess meeting Richard Russo and hearing him read from his latest novel last week really inspired me. Oh, shoot, I didn't blog about that event...well, maybe later this week if/when I'm blocked again.

Posted by alan at November 13, 2007 8:15 PM