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For the past few weeks, I’ve been battling with one of my heroines.

I always seem to have trouble with my heroines in the beginning.  They are very stubborn women—don’t know where in the hell they get that from. :no:

I did start out with a pretty good idea of how this bit—er, lady was supposed to be.

She refused.  Absolutely, adamantly, angrily refused.  She wouldn’t cooperate with dialogue, wouldn’t work and play well with the other characters, and wouldn’t give the hero a single inch.

So this week I let the bit—er, Leyla have her way, and wrote a rough chapter just for her, just as she fed it to me. :surrender:

It was FABULOUS.

Does it make the book better?  I don’t know.  It certainly changed the storyline and the flavor of the story—but the words just flowed.  I also notice that my hero’s being a lot more cautious around her. :poke:

And silly me.  Here I thought I was writing the durn thing. 

Soooo…what have you all been struggling with lately?