Day 1,679: Circles

Sometimes, my brain runs in circles when it’s trying to figure out something story related. There are so many moving parts to a story, it can be so hard to fit them all together, which is why “simple” is king. The rub is that “simple” can be hard to come by sometimes.

I’m massaging and brainstorming this one particular story thread in this book that I can just feel isn’t there yet. It’s not engaging enough yet. It’s too static. Not enough dilemma and action yet. It’s also just not exciting en...