A continual bane of my writing life is that I have characters who are used to getting their way, unless I am in a really crappy mood and run them through the wringer of heartbreak and written pain. They walk up to where ever I have set up to write, and talk about any damned tale they wish to. Rarely the one I am working on.
This makes me one hell of a slow writer. Often forced to use the above tortures on characters, then edit them out as I go to get them back on track. Unfortunately, my characters, I have learned, tend to exaggerate if not outright lie, about events in their life. Keeping that from floating through is even a bigger pain.
So, while I may not do a daily story, chapter or whatever, at least I give it a good shot on what is working. Characters permitting.
Speaking of characters... Billenius just sat down, but I do not have the time to make him a cup of tea, gotta pack up for the early evening, then beat him down later for another fib and big omission he pulled a while back.
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