Kelly Abell Books

I'm sorry for the large gap in entries but I was busy finishing up the sequel to Sealed In Lies.  The title will be Captured In Lies and as I was writing the final climactic scene I got stuck.  The scene was not going in the direction I wanted it to go in, my characters who were both tough guys were sounding like whiny children, and I just couldn't get it to work.  My son, an aspiring movie director, was giving me advice and I was a little amazed at his wisdom.  He suggested that instead of writing from the hero's point of view, switch the pitch and write it from the villains point of view.  "Think like a killer and mass murderer," he said.  Well hearing this come out of the mouth of my son was more than a little startling, but I did as he suggested. 

I couldn't tell you what a difference that made.  I began to see the action from the villans point of view and the entire scene fell into place.  I put myself in the villains mind and even indulged him with a brief monlogue. The scene took off and I'd finished before I realized I'd started!  Sometimes my brain works like that, in tandem with my fingers on the keyboard until BAM! it's done.  Kind of like driving home and you don't remember actually driving, you just pull into your driveway and go, "Hmmm, I'm home."

I guess the moral to this story is, if you get stuck, change whose eyes you are viewing the story through and it may loosen up those trapped words eager to spew forth.

Until next time.  Happy Writing.