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Right, I’m in that uncomfortable stage where a story is beginning to take real shape—I’m seeing characters, situations, bits of dialogue, but no plot yet, damn it. This usually means I need to do more research. (Actually, nearly any problem I come across means I need more research. But that’s another topic.) But I’ve been reading stuff for days and today my brain keeps drifting off into bits of scenes…which is a good sign, really, but kind of frustrating just now.

So instead I’m going to natter about exposition.

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Right, I’m in that uncomfortable stage where a story is beginning to take real shape—I’m seeing characters, situations, bits of dialogue, but no plot yet, damn it. This usually means I need to do more research. (Actually, nearly any problem I come across means I need more research. But that’s another topic.) But I’ve been reading stuff for days and today my brain keeps drifting off into bits of scenes…which is a good sign, really, but kind of frustrating just now.

So instead I’m going to natter about exposition.

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