June will be here before I know it and I am diligently writing to meet my deadline. I realize I have not been keeping up with posting my progress, but I have been in the zone and writing all I can. I did stumble on a problem while writing, one that I'm still trying to work through.
There is a love triangle in my story, and when I first started writing and sketching out the ideas for the book, I was certain which character the leading lady would end up with in the end. But now, as I delve deeper into the storyline, I'm no longer sure that that is the ending I want for her.
I discussed this with a friend of mine (the same one who is making sure I don't find a way to weasel out of my June deadline) and he had a simple solution--a coin toss. I started to tell him that there was no way I was going to leave the ending of my book and the of my characters in the hands of a coin toss, but he told me that I wouldn't get my answer by seeing whether the coin landed on heads or tails. I'd know my answer once I assigned heads and tails to the two leading men and flipped the coin, and while in the air, I would be hoping that it landed on heads (or tails...whichever one my heart truly wanted). And I realized that as crazy as it was, it was also very smart.
So thanks to this wise piece of advice, I was able to figure out which direction I wanted to take my characters, and my writer's block quickly vanished. So if you're trying to decide between two options, toss a coin into the air. If you're not hoping that one side will land over the other, then see if you're disappointed with the result. Hopefully you can find your answer as easily as I did.
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