Right now my male lead and his sidekick are working their way through a trail of suspects. Trouble is, they are supposed to be seriously badazz guys, but they seem to be doing nothing but talking. Granted there is the occasional badazzery during this talking (threats, jokes, dining or drinking, pushing people against walls, etc), but still. I feel like more is going on in the past than in the present.
They talk to suspect one, who leads them to suspect two who leads them to suspect three, who lead the male to a party where he meets suspect four...Maybe I'm just being too hard on myself but it's getting a little monotonous.
I want to insert a little action here and there, but when I do, I feel like it getting sidetracked. Like the action doesn't really move the story forward. Even when it does move the story forward.
Of course, I have the female protagonist's half to break it up, ("Little Women...With Corpses.") Still, they are dealing with two seemingly unrelated mysteries, so I worry that if I toggle too much between the two, the reader will get disoriented.
Does anyone else struggle with this? Am I overthinking it? If not, how do you spice things up when dealing with multiple interrogations.
They talk to suspect one, who leads them to suspect two who leads them to suspect three, who lead the male to a party where he meets suspect four...Maybe I'm just being too hard on myself but it's getting a little monotonous.
I want to insert a little action here and there, but when I do, I feel like it getting sidetracked. Like the action doesn't really move the story forward. Even when it does move the story forward.
Of course, I have the female protagonist's half to break it up, ("Little Women...With Corpses.") Still, they are dealing with two seemingly unrelated mysteries, so I worry that if I toggle too much between the two, the reader will get disoriented.
Does anyone else struggle with this? Am I overthinking it? If not, how do you spice things up when dealing with multiple interrogations.