Wednesday, January 25, 2012

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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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2012 at 6:07 AM

    Elspeth - Mmmm...cupcakes :-). I always hate falling into plotholes :-(. But that said, the last time I did it, I stepped back, reworked everything leading up to the plothole and it was OK. I just had to tell my characters to step around the hole. Not that they listen to me...

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    1. Elspeth FutcherJanuary 25, 2012 at 9:24 AM

      Knowing it's there is half the battle! I'm sure your plothole wasn't too cavernous - you're far too careful for that to happen.

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  2. Sarah TokeleyJanuary 25, 2012 at 7:07 AM

    This is where 15 year old daughters who are avid readers - and bakers of cupcakes - help me :-)

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  3. Carol KilgoreJanuary 25, 2012 at 1:37 PM

    Oooh, a cupcake please :)

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  4. Stephanie ThorntonJanuary 26, 2012 at 5:00 PM

    Is that the picture from the Guatemalan sinkhole? That's pretty awful.

    And I'd like a cupcake too, please. :)

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