Grr.

[elisi]

You know when you're writing a fic, and your characters need to have a conversation that has to go somewhere specific because you need to put across a particular bit of information/get someone to say more than they should/make a point/similar? And then they keep derailing and talking about other things?

That's been my current fic for the past few weeks. And I want to pick up all my characters and yell at them to just get to the bloody point already, because I've re-written the scene so many times that I'm beginning to hate it and just cut it out altogether, which would be stupid since I've very carefully built up to it. *bangs head on desk*

Comments

[spikewriter]

Can I suggest that you look at what the characters are saying in the scene and ask if there's something they're avoiding saying? There may be a reason they can't get to the point.

[elisi]

I finally managed to get over the hurdle - the main problem being that they wouldn't get from one thing to another... some of them had a lovely row in the previous chapter, so they were not really avoid-y, just verbose. But thank you. :)