Mutterings from the Revision Cave

[davidgillon]

So last night was really productive. I overcame the don't wannas and knuckled down with the scene that needed writing.

That was when my characters decided "We know you want us to discuss the immediate conspiracy, but actually you need to know where the whole vendetta thing came from in the first place."

That was a little after midnight. 3000 words later, dawn was lighting the sky and I now know the details of what happened 25 years ago. And yes, the Heart of Darkness placeholder was right. In fact Heart of Darkness with Zombies, and "I love the smell of white phosphorus grenades in the morning."

Today's job:

1) Save that all in a separate file, because...
2) Take it all out of the main narrative, because I need to know the details, but the reader only needs a precis.
3) Write the scene I actually meant to write.

Comments

[hilarita]

Maybe it can become a short story in the same universe...

[davidgillon]

It's been saved separately for future reference.

Complicated feelings on expanding it.