When we were driving across the country, Bly delighted me forever by reading my ms as we went. (you may remember my raptures, that was so fun!)
The first time she read a description of Eve, she said, “Oh my God! She’s an anime character!”
Well, yeah. Sort of. Let’s say heavily anime-influenced. She’s got blue hair and she kicks ass, not many women like that outside anime. (she doesn’t wear the chain-mail bikini or anything like it, though.)
What’s my point? I forget…oh, I remember. That’s how I picture my scenes. I’m not above setting up a storm simply so I can have lightning strike just as a character makes a dramatic pronouncement. But by God–my drama and angst make sense!
The reason I’m going on about this is, I’m stuck. 569 words tonight, and now I need an Event. And it just won’t come out right. I know what needs to happen, I know how it needs to be resolved, it’s all set up, the plot flowing naturally from the characters–but demmit. I just can’t write it the way I’m seeing it.
*sigh*Â Maybe I should have a giant robot show up to fix things.