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My writing group in Austin had a total plot meltdown last night
We were workshopping my sci-fi story and someone pointed out a huge logic hole in the core premise, which basically meant scrapping 3,000 words. I spent the next two hours with them just building a new, solid foundation from scratch. Has anyone else had to do a major emergency rewrite right before a deadline?
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kimblack4d ago
Had that happen with a mystery novel draft last year... the killer's alibi made zero sense if you thought about it for five seconds. I just took a breath, made a huge pot of coffee, and listed every single plot point on index cards. Started moving them around until the timeline actually worked. It was brutal but the story got way better. Sometimes you just gotta tear it down to the studs.
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clairep103d ago
Ugh, I could never. That sounds like a special kind of torture. My brain just shuts down if I have to rework something that much. I'd rather scrap the whole idea and start fresh with something new that actually makes sense from the beginning.
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