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jethrien ([personal profile] jethrien) wrote2009-11-17 09:18 pm

Construction - detour

I'm 32k+ words in, and I've hit the plot hole. There were a couple of them, many of which had filled themselves in before I got there. But this one...hasn't. Crap.

[identity profile] oblvndrgn.livejournal.com 2009-11-18 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
The problem can be explained by one of the following, depending on genre:

Magic. Nanomachines. Objectivist philosophy. A secret conspiracy. The golden ratio. Q. Q (the Bond one). The collective human unconsciousness.

[identity profile] jethrien.livejournal.com 2009-11-18 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, I'm going with A.

[identity profile] cubby-t-bear.livejournal.com 2009-11-18 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
Don't forget collective insanity. If you skate really fast over thin ice, you can usually get readers to not notice the ginormous plot hole. It works for Daffy Duck, it might work for you! :)

[identity profile] wavilyem.livejournal.com 2009-11-18 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Can't you just call the Department of Public Works and have them fill it in? Or call AAA and have them help you change your tire? Oh wait, that'd be for a pothole not a plot hole. Never mind!

[identity profile] ivy03.livejournal.com 2009-11-18 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you should feel proud that you've only run into one!

Also--a wizard did it.

[identity profile] jethrien.livejournal.com 2009-11-18 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I carefully filled this one, and now have realized that I filled it with dirt from a brand new hole I've dug. D'oh.