Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Gadzooks! A Hole!

You're busy editing...

when suddenly...

without warning...



You find this...
in your plot.


But...



Don't do this...



Just take a breath and do this...



If you do this...

You may discover where you did this...


OR...


If you do this...


You just may discover your this...


is really more a this...


or this...

Of course...

If it really is this...


You're going to have to build a this...


Or get your hands on a really big this...






BUT REMEMBER...


The most important thing is to do this...


or maybe this...

Hey, whatever works.

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10 comments:

  1. Elizabeth Spann CraigMarch 16, 2011 at 7:07 AM

    Very good advice here, Elspeth! I usually run into a hole at least once a manuscript. Keeping calm and carrying on is the best plan. :) And you're so right--half the time it's not as bad as it seems.

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  2. Mary@GigglesandGunsMarch 16, 2011 at 8:02 AM

    If I don't have a hole right now can I have a cupcake any way? Please.

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  3. MaryannwritesMarch 16, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    Lol, I wrote around a big ol' hole in my last book for months. Maybe if I had had a cupcake I could have filled it in faster.

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  4. Carol KilgoreMarch 16, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    I built a bridge or two and kept a shovel handy on my last draft. I think/hope I fixed all the darn things. Now I'm going for a cupcake :)

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  5. Elspeth FutcherMarch 16, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    Elizabeth; Finding a hole is never fun, but it's not usually as big a disaster as we first think, is it?

    Mary; Of course; have a cupcake to celebrate your lack of plot holes.

    Maryann; Well done on filling in your big ol' hole; have several cupcakes as a reward.

    Carol; I'm sure that you have. Cupcake away!

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  6. Dorte HMarch 16, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    Please send more cupcake! I just found a hole - in my stomach.

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  7. Karen Jones GowenMarch 16, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    Any writer who finds a hole completely unaided and on their on has got to be on top of things! Most of us need someone to point it out. So I will add to this and say if you find a hole, pat yourself on the back for some dang good self-editing!

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  8. Elspeth FutcherMarch 16, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    Dorte; LOL!

    Karen; I've never had that much of a problem spotting plot holes or other deficiencies - it's the fixing that's more problematic!

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  9. Terry OdellMarch 16, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    Filling in holes with cupcakes. What a great idea! I just found a (I hope) reasonably sized pothole to fill in my current WIP. Sometimes the tiniest details are overlooked, and they grow, grow, grow.

    Terry
    Terry's Place
    Romance with a Twist--of Mystery

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  10. Elspeth FutcherMarch 16, 2011 at 1:41 PM

    Terry; You're absolutely right, sometimes missing a teeny tiny thing can morph into a giant hole.

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