Scribbling Bits and Pieces

This entry is part 60 of 60 in the series Daily Scribble Reports

Started off with two snippets for the collaboration, then wrote a blog post that I don't intend to post until I have the following five to ten.

Word Counts:

• Fiction: 599 words
• Poetry: 16 lines | 59 words.
• Blog: 246 words

February Totals

• Fiction: 3514 words
• Poetry: 16 lines | 59 words.
• Blog: 1466 words

Pieces Started

• Fanfic: "Wholeness of Self," one-shot.
• Fiction: Hear the Stars, novella.
• Nonfiction/Blog: Indie Author Guide to Genre, book/blog series.
• Poem: "Tell Me."
• Poem: "Mother."

Completed Pieces

• Fanfic: “Wholeness of Self,” 783 words.
• Poem: "Tell Me," 8 lines | 37 words.
• Poem: "Mother," 8 lines | 22 words.

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Realistic Fiction

When reviewers complain that a story element is "unrealistic," their real complaint is usually something else. When they say a handsome billionaire falling for a mousy secretary is "unrealistic," they're really saying that the characters were underdeveloped and their romance was flat and contrived. When they say the pat deus ex machina at the end was "unrealistic," they're really saying that it felt cheap. (In general, when people complain about the ending, the problem isn't the ending. The problem is the middle leading up to it.)

— "Ideal vs. Reality," T. K. Marnell

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