{"id":564,"date":"2016-01-18T22:10:48","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T06:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixel-stained-wretch.com\/wordpress\/?p=564"},"modified":"2016-01-18T22:13:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T06:13:41","slug":"the-story-wants-what-the-story-wants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pixel-stained-wretch.com\/wordpress\/2016\/01\/18\/the-story-wants-what-the-story-wants\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Wants What the Story Wants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although I said last week that I hoped Chapter Eighteen would be \u201cfinished in the next few days,\u201d I was optimistic. It\u2019s going to take a few more days still, but not because of anything like writer\u2019s block. Rather, the chapter happens to be turning out rather\u00a0longer than I estimated. That\u2019s okay with me: if the story wants more words and pages than I thought it would need, who am I to tell it that it\u2019s wrong? <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, here is <a href=\"http:\/\/pixel-stained-wretch.com\/fb\/fb-04.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chapter Four<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I said last week that I hoped Chapter Eighteen would be \u201cfinished in the next few days,\u201d I was optimistic. It\u2019s going to take a few more days still, but not because of anything like writer\u2019s block. Rather, the chapter happens to be turning out rather\u00a0longer than I estimated. 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