Answer by Amadeus for Act 3 totally broken...keep writing?
Start over; new file, using what you have as a reference. I've actually done it, put aside nearly 200 pages and begun anew.Your story problem is what I think of as the original "Star Trek" problem: It...
View ArticleAnswer by KarenM for Act 3 totally broken...keep writing?
It's not at all unusual to discover what the real story is through the process of writing the first draft. One way you could proceed is to write Act 3 as if you had already rewritten Acts 1 & 2....
View ArticleAnswer by Tom Au for Act 3 totally broken...keep writing?
I would fix the story before continuing writing with a bad theme. That could be "right now," as one poster suggests, or after you've put it away and come back to it sometime later, as another one...
View ArticleAnswer by Konrad Rudolph for Act 3 totally broken...keep writing?
This is more of a comment on your off-hand remark but I feel it’s worth mentioning:There's even a sinking feeling that my actual hero is one of the allies: i.e. the one who actually does stuff.This...
View ArticleAnswer by storbror for Act 3 totally broken...keep writing?
I would suggest a way to work with @MarkBaker's advice:Write something different that still relates to the story.This could be a subplot or some backstory to one of your characters, or something about...
View ArticleAnswer by S. Mitchell for Act 3 totally broken...keep writing?
Having been in this situation a few times, what I have done is gone back to the start and begun again, not throwing out everything I have written already, but learning from what I realised works and...
View ArticleAnswer by Dave for Act 3 totally broken...keep writing?
Some say you should stop writing this story altogether. Others that you have to fix what is wrong or finish it first. These might all be valid options.But from what I hear, 'fixing' this story is...
View ArticleAnswer by user16226 for Act 3 totally broken...keep writing?
Stop writing and put it in a drawer. Go write something else for a while. There is no point in continuing when you know, as you clearly do, that this story is off the rails. It is not going to yield...
View ArticleAnswer by SC for reinstatement of Monica for Act 3 totally broken...keep...
I'd like to add to Lauren's answer: whenever you realise that the story has problems, whether it's in the plotting, character development, or whatever; whenever you realise there is a problem, go back...
View ArticleAnswer by Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum for Act 3 totally broken...keep writing?
Fix it now.If you realize you made a mistake, go back and fix it now. Not, I stress, because the last 20K would be "wasted," because no writing is wasted, but because it's clearly blocking you and you...
View ArticleAct 3 totally broken...keep writing?
I'm ready to enter the final act, Act 3, of my (first big) story and by now I'm pretty sure I'll have to rewrite 50-70% in ACT 1 and 2. I outlined the whole story but it is clear that my main hero is...
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