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Jesse Slater's avatar

"Just throw in an explosion!"

Ah, the Raymond Chandler school of plotting. (Although his tended to be "and then a man with a gun burst through the door!")

Mary Catelli's avatar

The great rules are:

Figure out what is the "man with a gun in hand" is for a given story.

Work out in the second draft why he did so -- unless it unfolds in the first draft.

John M. Olsen's avatar

In January, I have a presentation at a local writing mini-conference on overcoming a fear of failure. I think I need to borrow that "Do it scared" meme and insert it into the presentation. :)

Sam Robb's avatar

By all means! I, er, acquired it from another gentleman, who obtained it from a Spanish Señora down on her luck, who in turn found it lying on a street in Madrid next to an oddly smug three-legged cat who only spoke Russian. Consider it yours!

Nate Winchester's avatar

110% that last one.