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rheasilviaPoll #22464 Showdown!
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When you realize your showdown will be about as long as the entire rest of the story, the best response is to:
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shrug! Wordcount is meaningless, like smoke in the wind.
22 (73.3%)
giggle madly!
17 (56.7%)
find ways to shorten the showdown.
1 (3.3%)
write more of the non-showdown part of the story.
10 (33.3%)
eat cake.
15 (50.0%)
insert sex scenes into the rest of the story.
6 (20.0%)
insert sex scenes into the showdown.
5 (16.7%)
decide only the last bit of the showdown actually counts as a showdown.
10 (33.3%)
Just kidding, I won't be inserting random sex scenes. Although I have to say that is IS weird that none of my stories appear to include actual sex scenes anymore. Am I turning decent in my old age? Perish the thought!
No Sunday Six as of now, as I am actually working. You can tell by the fact I am posting polls on DW. ;-) But I did look at my showdown notes again, so that counts, right?
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Date: 2019-08-04 07:41 pm (UTC)There are so many reasons why this might be an absolutely legitimate choice! From sex magic to distraction to generating positive energy... ;-)
I tend to think the writer is pretty much a vessel and the story is actually the boss.
If the story goes in a different dircetion than originally planned, hey: I am willing to go with it. Provided it works. If it doesn't, that story and I will have to Have Words;-)
Looking at your notes definitely counts.
I found it very encouraging, because I still like the showdown - at least in note form, it works very well. So I guess if its long, that's all for the better, right? ;-)
Besides, the rest of the story may very well grow in editing. We shall see...
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Date: 2019-08-04 08:04 pm (UTC)no subject
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