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A Knotty
Nautical Life
Her day began with a
spectacular sunrise off the bow of her silver yacht. Soft, instrumental Celtic tunes caressed
the sun’s rays, as a Jonathan Livingston Seagull soared over the bow’s colorful flag.
Ah, she thought, we arrived in port overnight.
But wait … she spotted a familiar row of quaint shops along the shore … we were
here yesterday! What nautical nodus
have we encountered?
More curious than
agitated, she walked briskly to the bridge for an explanation …
nodus (nōʹdɘs) n. – complication, difficulty, knotty situation, as in a play. [WW
#50]
Or
in NCIS: L.A.-speak, it’s a “zoinks”
moment! We’ve all had them … days when everything is going smoothly, then …
wham! We’re hit with a nodus!
In
writer-speak, it’s your story’s conflict moment. Done well, your character
won’t know what hit her … until it’s too late.
Of
course, the rest of the story excites your readers as you confound them with a
maze of pseudo solutions to resolve her life-altering conflict, right down to
the Happy Ending … or not.
Sound
familiar? Life … is it not a continuous nodus?
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