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I like to use the solution of Louis McMaster Bujold when I have been faced with that problem. She said, and I paraphrase, "...I try to think of what would be the worst possible thing that could h...
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I like to use the solution of Louis McMaster Bujold when I have been faced with that problem. She said, and I paraphrase, "...I try to think of what would be the worst possible thing that could happen to the character at that point in the story, and then I write that. I may not even know the solution at that point...."