#i'd been wrestling with the 12 huntsmen opening

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There's no moment of writing triumph quite like the moment when you've been struggling over a plot problem and you suddenly find the perfect solution that makes everything fall into place.

#adventures in writing #i've been riding this high since yesterday evening #i'd been wrestling with the 12 huntsmen opening #trying to figure out how to introduce the princess #i'd brainstormed a couple of limp and floppy ideas #bland talky scenes leading up to her coming on page and impressing everyone #and then a couple slightly more exciting ideas but ones that still felt like you were trying to force in a puzzle piece in the wrong puzzle #but then #i got an idea #that made me grin just imagining it #it's fun it's memorable and it's perfect foreshadowing #it's so perfect i'm almost afraid people are going to think this was the obvious idea and not understand the creative work this required #so i'm saying it right now: this scene was *not* obvious and required a lot of false turns before i came up with it #so please appreciate it