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BluesClues wrote:Questions
Less questions than general concerns, but here they are nonetheless:
My main concern with this story tbh is the fact that the romantic subplot has taken over and become the main plot, while the intended main plot (the disappearance of the wizards) has receded more into the background. I'm enjoying writing it this way, people are enjoying reading it this way, and there's even a subgenre for this kind of thing: fantasy romance. The intended main plot does facilitate the romantic plot, so that's probably good? I'm just concerned about how much this story works this way - and I'm not sure if I'm concerned because it really seems like it's not working or just because it's so different from what I thought I'd write.
The coming chapters feel a little plot-heavier on the side of the intended main plot, which I'm also slightly concerned about because the romance has so overshadowed the main plot that the flip might be weird? I'm hoping I can handle it well - the intended main plot has been there all along, we just haven't gotten as much of it as the romance, and what happens is still going to seriously involve the romance aspect. Plus, like, Megan and Zafira admitted they liked each other in the second-to-last chapter I wrote, so like...from here the romance part is basically settled, and I hate ~couples drama~, so yeeting one of them into danger and having the other have to deal with it seems like a good way to keep things steamy, right?
I think maybe I can pull it off. Plus Megan gets to confront Chip Edgeworth, who cursed her way back at the beginning (well, before the beginning), so like it does all tie together? Idk, I've just never written a fantasy quite like this before - well, actually, that's not quite true, the first high fantasy world I wrote had a story about a queen that was mostly about her romance with a peasant, with a war and assassination and stuff happening more in the background. And I loved it and put a lot into it.
So I guess actually I have done this before, but not recently. So I just keep going "is this working even at all or is this story totally horrible?"
BluesClues wrote:November 2
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I spent the day doing sundry other kinds of writing and left NaNo til the last moment, and then sat down and discovered I was trying to write fluff. This just in: I suck at fluff. Like...how does one??? I can write disasters in love who don't realize they're in love or who royally mess up, and I can write side characters in healthy relationships who you get ~moments~ of fluff from, but...a SCENE of fluff? No, apparently.
Rip me. Hopefully I can power through the fluff tomorrow.
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