Sometimes the things you think are going to be the hardest turn out the easiest.
So I am still working on Darthaniel's Vampy Black book, and I have used that code-name so much he should take it into serious consideration to call the book that but I know he won't, and the impasse we were stuck at just melted away. I am free again, and the end of the book is in sight.
Nice.
It turns out the answer was a lot easier than I expected it to be. The "go through the door" or "open the box" moment that I worried needed to be a whole chapter slid quite nicely into the end of the current chapter, and it also was a fun opportunity to see two of the characters work together for the first time. Well, they kinda worked together, and they still are getting used to the idea of working together, so there was some natural friction.
Well, maybe a lot of friction. But things worked out. Kinda.
But I feared a long chapter would need to be written just for the moment, and it worked a lot better by having two characters work on the thing together, and shift the focus to their interactions instead of the box/door thing. The interaction turned out to be ten times more interesting anyways, and it just goes to show you that it is too easy to get bogged down in detail or specifics when interaction and character interplay is what people are here to see.
It was an interesting experience, and it was a win all around. I dare say the mystery was more interesting because of the interactions between these characters instead of one character opening it all alone. The questions and concerns threw about added to the tension, and we even got to listen in to a little backstory that made the whole experience more than how it started out.
A couple take aways:
- Simple solutions are always better
- Simple solutions take time
- If you dread a complex solution facing you, there is likely a simple one hidden in plain sight
- Interaction beats solitary action
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