Plot problems…I’m so close to getting the ending of this novel. Painfully close. But I’ve got this character, Linnie from the other blog actually, and she’s been caught listening in to a conversation she’s not supposed to hear. Now, Linnie, being Linnie, would let nothing stop her from rushing to her friend to warn her of trouble–but the people she’s been eavesdropping on aren’t about to let her go tell anyone what they’re up to. Since I’m not writing a “thriller” having them lock Linnie in a closet or tie her up feels overdone. But Linnie isn’t a person who can be blackmailed or persuaded. What to do?

I hate it when I get characters into situations I can’t get them out of.

Oh! Wait! I’ve really, truly in the middle of writing that last sentence have gotten an idea! That a-ha moment is one of my favorite things about writing. Must go write scene… . . .

aurgh! effing-a man, it won’t work. oh, I shall drive myself nuts.

Later: This plot is getting silly.

Later still: No. I change my mind. It’s getting stupid.

I think I’ll lock myself in a closet. Or the book. I know. Both of us in closets, but separate ones, far apart from each other.