It's too good a line to lose
The working title is now: “MARIETTA”S PIRATE”
The sex is sweet and vanilla. In other words, boring and hard to write, for me.
I added a subplot- the characters can’t get to privacy as fast as they would like. That helped.
I’ve got them out of the public space, and felt like I needed another subplot- something that they have to work around, while they are screwing their brains out, yanno… So, my pirate boy has had an altercation, which has left him a few shillings richer- he likes that, he’s a pirate after all- and he’s sitting on the bed, while his girl is shucking her kirtle, and among the effects he takes off his opponent is a key.
And he says; “Where is your lock, I wonder?
WELL!
that sounds like the lead-in to a big old adventure, if you ask me. And all I wanted to do was- get these kids laid.
And I have so many other unfinished stories and not much time to write once again…
So, the question is…
Should I send my pirate boy on a quest, or should I delete that goddamned key?
This question is so similar to a painting dilemma. The kind where you painted in a gorgeous spot of vermilion, that is so beautiful- but throws the whole painting out of balance. You have to change something- either dull down the red, or re-paint parts of the canvas.
Oh, well.
