a short post

[aamcnamara]

Our Heroes keep getting evenings off from fighting evil in this part of the novel. (Another thing to be fixed in the next draft.) I've always stuck in a little bit about what happens that evening that isn't fighting evil, because they have so much extra time, but sometimes my stock of other conflict runs out.

I was thinking about this last night, wondering what they do when they aren't, well, fighting evil, and went, "I bet they play cards."

So now? I'm pretty sure that they're playing bridge in the evenings.

The sad part is, I could totally write those scenes. Maybe not who wins--I don't know all that much about bridge--but how they interact with the game.

Comments

[jennygadget.livejournal.com]

why is that sad?

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's sad at all. I think it's a good idea.

[vcmw]

Yes, I find it easier to root for characters who have a life outside of the fighting of the evil. Because then I get a sense of what they're fighting for, what nice things they want to keep safe in the world.

And bridge could totally be one of those things.