An abrupt course change
So I had the title chosen for the next Storyball tale, and had a general idea of what I was doing with it, and that was all okay and all was sweetness and light and ...
... WHAM.
That was the sound the Muse slamming a mini-sledge right below the point on the back of my skull, then dragging me off into the bushes and making me have my way with her. Which translates into a comletely different story that required a different title and ... all ... different ...
It was all I could do to finish lunch and my walk and get some work done before I sat down and cranked out far too many words heading toward either something simple and straightforward or something fun that descends into darkness and blood. Knowing how the Midway's been working, my money's on the latter.
*sigh*