Transwarp wrote:This is a perfectly reasonable and valid plot for a story, with plenty of opportunities for conflict and drama as two people from entirely different cultures (entirely different species!) attempt to create and sustain a relationship. There will be numerous hurdles and roadblocks in there way, both internal and external.
Yes I know. I didn't mean to imply I don't have a plot. I do the problem is that I have too many ideas I think, and I'm never sure which ones to weed out.
Transwarp wrote:The start of the war seems like an odd ending point to me, because it is also the start of a whole new set of problems and conflicts.
No I don't think it's odd, I think it's a form of poetic irony. In the Xindi war their romantic relationship, began and it was unstable, immature, and frought with self-inflicted tribulations. By the time the Romulan War starts they'll (hopefully) be solid, stable, know how to constructively work at their relationship, and have a clear path to the life they want. All the things they didn't have during Xindi War. I think it's a good time to end it.
Panyasan wrote:Also take a moment in your life when you felt similair things (loss, hurt) then the ones you try to write and use that in your writing.
I think this is the crux of my problem right now. As everyone who has been following the story I have to write Baby Elizabeth's funeral. When I started the story I had no clue I'd lose my niece. And last night my sister had her third miscarriage, I'm getting way too familiar with the pain people deal with when losing a child. And I'm tired of it. But I wrote myself into a corner, I HAVE to write the funeral and I do not want to do it.
That said I can't quit on the story. It'll kill my confidence that I actually can write.
Panyasan wrote:(Part of the reason I am asking that I always notice the love and warmth and heart when you talk about B'Lanna and Paris and you have a story to tell about them, that I think when you start writing about them, the words will come. Not that I don't want you to write about TnT of course, it was just an idea I had).
Ha! I wrote half a P/T story when I was 13. But I never really felt the need. They're great on their own. They don't need me to meddle. TnT need help!