I have been struggling with chapter 03 of “Ha Ha Welcome to a New Year” for over a week now. The thoughts are there and are bouncing off my cranium; but when I put them to words — it’s hard to describe — it’s like my thoughts are dislexic, in written form the words come out jumbled. I believe that is from thinking too much. I need to practice that line from “Finding Forester” that gives a writer comfort – “No, just start writing; thinking comes later.” When a I write a mystery, I generally have a basic outline in mind – I know the beginning and I know the end; my characters generally tell me the path in between. For example, Frank is bagged with numerous personal demons and tends to be very serios; his wife Missy is a photographer and tends to be his stablizing factor. Bob is a college professor and an avid outdoorsman who takes most things in perspective, even when the world serves him a plate of the most sour of lemons. Bob’s wife Vickie is a former crime victim and a medical doctor specializing in Pediatrics. Together they run The Barn, formally known as J0hnson, Ingram Condulting. In reality it is a detective agency and Black Ops consulting firm. There is no crime against humanity that is beyond their scope. When you get the whole mix together, there is no telling where or how the reader is going to be led along the path to solving the crime. The emotions run all the way from the tears of personal trajedy to laughter at a comical (or not so comical) situation and how the characters react to what life deals them. Their friends and associates are spread across the spectrum of life and everyone can relate to at least one of them. Writing this has helped me to continue, and perhaps to leave the frustration behind. I firmly believe that the solution to writing problems is to write, write, write, and then when tired write some more ~ it will all work out.
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