Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Very Interesting


Unintended consequences

When the antag in my wip claimed, “I am innocent,” I had much to consider.

My new antag is less evil but this is worse for the MC because the villain’s goals are righteous. There are no gray areas; no compromise or empathy.

Composing the history behind the antag’s resolve became the untended consequence. A good thing actually since different paths opened for me to take.

A big wow, creative-wise.

Another unintended consequence was not so good.

Several weeks ago, we hired a roofer to install new shingles on our house.
Last night we had our first measurable rainfall.
This morning we woke to *major* leaks resulting in damage to sheetrock, lighting fixtures.

Before the roofing job, our roof did not leak.

The unintended consequence? The act to forestall a problem caused the event to occur.
And I am learning the art of breathing deep and talking to myself.

8 comments:

  1. That sucks, at least you are getting good use out of buckets..haha

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  2. @ Pat
    I used buckets, towels, and a screwdriver and currently planning mayhem and physical assault.

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  3. Crap, they better come back and fix it! At least your writing is going well.

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  4. oh no! so sorry about the roof. hope the guy will come and fix it - for free!

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  5. Wow, the roofer from hell. I like the sound of your antag's story. Bad guys with depth are the best.

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  6. leaks Suck!
    glad about your wip, though =)

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  7. Sorry to hear of the roof troubles. Sometimes out WIP takes off in a completely different direction. I enjoy that. Have a great week.

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  8. I hate it when things happen that are both unexpected and causes the story to go to a new place, but I also think that giving your characters some control of the situation they're in leads to a great story, if they don't fall to far off the outline, (though even if they do, sometimes what they do turns out to be a better story than you originally planned and warrants you to rewrite, which is also fun, though not during NaNo!)

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