Writer’s block is sent by the heavens to torment innocent people. I swear.
And hey! No quips about whether or not I’m innocent! I still do not deserve to be tortured by writer’s block!
In short – my heroine is still stuck in a funerary temple (I’ve put her to sleep for now but she has to wake up sometime), my tightrope walker is still locked in her circus wagon and refuses to come out (okay, those few of you who know anything about my Circus Master’s Daughter manuscript will not be surprised that that one remains stalled), and my faery princess is still trying to figure out how to handle a war that her bodyguard caused. Yup, still stuck on how to plan a war. Maybe I should buy a portable chess set or something and try and visually play it out before I write it. Or I should give in and recruit help (Amras? Are you listening Big Brother?)
There has at least been some minor progress on A Clockwork Heart, in that at least that particular heroine is not stuck on in the woods any longer, I managed to get her into the mansion, but I’ve no idea what to do with her now that she’s there. She’s not going anywhere though; she’s still broken and lying on a repair table.
Of all the characters I’m working with right now, Cessaria – the one stuck in the funerary temple – should be the easiest to unstick, but she remains stubbornly dozy and semi-unaware of her surroundings. And this is a smart girl, I wrote her to be a smart girl. Smart, sassy, and subtly rebellious. I mean I managed to save her from being sacrificed and THIS is how she thanks me? Oh gee thank you very much. My co-worker is boldly suggesting that I should have Chuck Norris punch through the wall and carry her off…
That’s not a very helpful suggestion but it did make me laugh…
Jersey suggested the possibility of a conveniently placed grave-robber, which actually is workable and makes a lot more sense than Chuck Norris.
The question now is how long she can survive inside a temple until said convenient rescue shows up, and do I want to write in another character when thus far there have only been two main characters in the piece.
Arrgh!
War and fights can be a tricky thing to write. You have to plan your POV first, are you a distant overviewer or right in the thick of it?
Can you chapter break and describe the aftermath of the fight?
What is the intended outcome of those in the battle?
Can the whole thing be told from what the faery princess’s saw?
Thing that could help is reading another book that has battles, Game of Thrones, or watching film with similar battles, Epic, 300, Henry V, Ironclad, just to name a few.