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Hump Day – Oh, help!

by Teri

forkintheroad.jpg Ever get to the point in a piece of writing where you want to “look ahead” and see how it ends? Like those “choose your own adventure” books that were popular when I was a kid? (Ok – I just dated myself. I’ll get over it.) I’m at that place in a short story I’ve been working on lately and I just can’t seem to make the right decision for my character after the climax. Should he go left? Or right? Stay put? Run wildly down a dark hall, arms flailing and screaming for help?

When I do get to that point in a piece of writing, it is fun to take the story in strange directions. No one ever has to read it if it goes bad (um…delete key, anyone?) – and if I mark my spot, I can go back and “choose a different adventure.”

Try it in your own writing and see where it takes you. Just remember to write anyway!

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Posted in General, Hump Day on May 30th, 2007

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