I know you're all about to ask, "How you uh, how you comin' on that novel, you're workin' on huh? Got a big uh big stack of papers there? Got a got a got a nice little nice little story you're workin' on there, the big big uh novel you've been working on for three years, huh? Got a, got a compelling protagonist huh? Got a uh got a obstacle for him to overcome? Huh? Little story brewin' there? Workin' on, workin on that for quite some time huh? Yeah talkin' about that three years ago eh? Been workin' on that the whole time? Nice little uh narrative uh beginning middle and end? Some friends become enemies, some enemies become friends yeah? At the end you're uh main character is uh richer for the experience yeah? Yeah? Yeah you got uh .. No, no you you deserve some time off."
Well, the answer is, just damn peachy... sort of. I love knowing that I have a plot developed that would work in nearly any setting, not just a science fiction series that will make literary critics eyes roll. I just hate how tough it is writing effective dialogue that doesn't come across as hackneyed. I sometimes can't help but wonder how a War and Peace type novel was written, and how sane Tolstoy, or any of those epic authors could possibly be.
Was this really worth writing a blog about? Probably not, but at least you got to read a Family Guy quote.
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