m-l-rio:I think the reason party scenes are such a challenge to write is because it’s never really...

m-l-rio:

I think the reason party scenes are such a challenge to write is because it’s never really one scene–it’s a bunch of little scenes strung together, a bunch of little conversations contained within the larger event of the party. The one I’m working on now has fifteen distinct scenic ‘moments’ (and that’s just up until the guests leave) within the same actual scene, like narrative nesting dolls.

What’s more of a mystery is why I keep writing party scenes when I know how bloody difficult they are. Either I’m a masochist, or they’re as much fun as they are hard work, or both. 

I just love writing drunk characters. 

Like a lot.