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Friday, November 17, 2006The Quantum Reality of Novel WritingIf a> and b> are possible outcomes, then so is ca> + db> for any c,d where c2 + d2 = 1 so the number of alternate universes is infinite. There you have it. Test next Thursday. Seriously, those of you who indulge in the excrutiating art of writing fiction will understand what I mean when I say that planning a storyline is akin to studying quantum physics. Each choice must be weighed and considered according to what its possible results may be. And the more carefully chosen these choices are at the beginning, the less major rewrites will need to occur later. Consider: If Character A leaves with Character B at the end of Chapter two, the story will flesh out differently than it will if Character A sticks around with Character C instead. A story set in the middle of winter will have different variables than one set in summer. If LaDiddle Fontaine finds out in Chapter Three that Brawn Fannigan has been cheating on her, her storyline will run a different course than if she doesn't find out until Chapter Eighteen. On it goes. In short, every possibility needs to be mentally fleshed out to the Nth degree. Hence the quantum reality. Because it all goes on at the same time inside a writer's head. And when someone opens your office door and sees you staring vacantly out the window and you tell him to leave you alone because you're working -- well, he's not going to believe you, is he? He just doesn't understand quantum reality. So I've been stuck in quantum flux for days and it has absolutely nothing to do with my recent Star Trek: The Next Generation viewing (we didn't even get to that episode yet). (Yeah, the Worf episode. Dave knows what I'm talking about. So do all you closet Trekkers that are pretending you didn't hear me.) That's me, in a nutshell. I'm hoping to break through the chaos soon and decide upon a stable reality for my story so that I can move forward. But first I've got to fold some laundry. Oh, that I could find a reality without any housework in it. (Insert melodramatic sigh here.) Have a fabulous weekend, my friends! Labels: writing |
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4of my readers are feeling chatty:
Have a fabulous weekend my bum!
I'm going to be spending the next several days (weeks even!) obsessively searching syndicated tv listings.
I can remember thinking that the whole Worf/Troi liaison was one of the least believable storylines ever written into a Trek plot but I can't for the life of me remember how the dang episode ends!! :-P
I'm home from the bat'leth tournament. Hey, I won! um, wait, I took second? Why does Deanna love me all of the sudden? Come on, I didn't lose the flargin thing. Why is everyone stupid but me?
Honey...you are too weird! LOL
ok I'm a trekkie, my mom got me hooked. But, I haven't seen the series since it originally aired, so I can't remember anything with worf and Deanna. Except for that one when the crew "de-evolutionizes" and Deanna's a frog? Anyway, we don't get statlite TV, so I've been renting them from Blockbuster to watch. My hubby thinks I'm wierd. I tell him I'm going where he has never gone before. And most likely won't, although he did like DS-9 :)
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