Writing Excuses 8.37: When Fail Happens in Your Career
What do you do when something goes wrong, really wrong, with your career? What happens if it’s your fault? What about if it’s someone else’s fault?
Mary leads by talking about the Glamour in Glass misprint — the first line was omitted in the hardback — and the difference between her private and public reactions to the issue. She likens this to similar sorts of situations that might happen on stage in live theater, and how those teams are expected to behave.
Dan tells us about the issue in I Am Not a Serial Killer, which gave some readers fits because it was edited in such a way that readers didn’t know there were supernatural elements in the story until chapter 10.
From these and other experiences, we extrapolate some behaviors you can use, and some things to steer clear of.
Homework: Write a character who really screws up, and then take them to the moment where they realize they need to apologize.
Thing of the week: The Blinding Knife, by Brent Weeks, narrated by Simon Vance.
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