Been busy with writing these last couple of weeks. Writing scenes, going back and writing in the characterization, and then going back in again to up the stakes.
For instance, in my latest WIP (work-in-progress), I had my heroine Maddy undercover in a Hell's Angels biker bar. She's there to meet up with a deadbeat dad, and instead of the deadbeat, we get his friend who's making sure Maddy is who she says she is and not some bounty hunter to snag the deadbeat and his two-year backlog of child support payments. So there's Conflict One. While she's there, her boss is snooping on her, so we get Conflict Two. But, the scene still didn't have enough at stake. I mean, heck, this is a HELL'S ANGELS bar. Shouldn't there be some HELL'S ANGELS trouble? So now I'm editing in some trouble... ;o)
The point? The point is to make sure you use the setting in your story. Don't just think about some quirky place to set a scene and then not use it to its fullest capability.
From my talkative mouth to your waxy ear...
