Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-32906717-20170321034114/@comment-32906717-20170321064350

I've actually thought about resurrecting my Hollyharson Manor work. That old story with the Delacroys?

It's funny now that I look back on it; a lot of people were seeing mystery and suspense, though my original intention was literally just a series of horribly unfortunate events told from the perspective of a butler. Again, though, I wrote myself into a corner in a sense; I could not really figure out how to move into the twin's deaths and Brandon was killed in that story before he got any real development. Mary didn't either, but her sole existence was to kickstart the rest of the plot.

My biggest issue with writing though is not the plot or anything like that. It's dialogue. Still couldn't write a natural conversation if it could save my life. I need more than a reviewer; to be honest I need an editor who can rework dialogue in a way that sounds natural but still reflects the original point of the conversation. Because lord knows that it's literally the ONE thing I can never get right.

So basically, though, they're trying to make you jump through more hoops than normal just to get to where you want to go? Sounds tough.