Me: I distinctly remember thinking about plot point X, but for some reason, it doesn't appear in the WIP. 🤔
Me: 🤨
Me: Did I just *think* about it and never wrote it down???
Me: 🙄
Also me: ::opens old newsletter file:: OMG! There it is! I put it into a little vignette for my newsletter!!! 🎉🎉🎉
When you've solved a plot hole but your brain turns off the volume
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What I really mean when I submit my work to my critique groups!
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When you think you're writing a thriller, but your characters want a romance.
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And then you do some googling, but the word that is suggested to you has the wrong meaning, and because you're writing in a second language, you're starting to wonder whether you have possibly dreamt up the usage of that word and why in the world are there so many different words starting with "pre"???? And then you walk into the kitchen to eat a mandarin, only to suddenly yell, "Oh my gosh, it's 'predicament'!!!!"
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To my horror, I have just discovered that I have accidentally given one of my main characters (Tannis) the same name as a character in a video game. One I did not even know the existence of until a few days ago.
What to do?
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