Well, this is an odd tick that I should do something about...

[prusik]

I realized something reading the latest issue of F&SF and the latest of Asimov's: my stories start very statically. Usually, for one reason or another, the main character is either watching the world go by, or musing about something. (Ok, sometimes, they wake up from sleep or unconsciousness. However, they are never confused. They always now exactly where they are and what they have to do.)

Clearly, I need to write a story where, at start, the main character is salsa dancing while simultaneously toppling the government of France and proving Goldbach's Conjecture.

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[jeffsoesbe.livejournal.com]

salsa dancing while simultaneously toppling the government of France and proving Goldbach's Conjecture

Too static! Just kidding :-)

Seriously, I completely identify with the problem. For me, it comes from my wanting to give a very complete sense of the interior state (monologue) of the character or the setting around the character.

Of course, when I battle against that I end up with the "blank room, blank person" problem.

Somewhere in the middle lies the answer. For that story, at least...

- yeff