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pameladeanI have finished Ruth's prologue. (Arry probably has to have one too, though I am contemplating something rather odd to take its place.) It's only 2100 words and can probably be shortened a little when the time comes to do that. Now I am floundering amongst the first four chapters, cutting and pasting scenes and lines and trying to put them into the completely new context provided by the prologue.
I'm unfortunately at the stage where I like the present two-volume version quite a lot, so it's painful to contemplate removing so many scenes that I like. The other problem, which I should have anticipated, is that even scenes that are remaining don't have the right slant or flavor. They resonate with the missing scenes, with the original beginning, with later scenes that may also be cut out. The light of this new, narrower, faster story is wrong for them.
I said to Raphael last night that it might be easier to just write the whole book again from scratch. It would not, of course. The changes I need to make will mostly be quite minor. I'm just not into the rhythm of it yet.
I am writing a new opening for Arry's first chapter. Soon, I hope, I'll be able to attach it to later scenes that won't need a great deal of tweaking, although they will certainly need some.
Once the opening is in place, I'll be able to use larger pieces of the original book, and they will fit together better.
Pamela
I'm unfortunately at the stage where I like the present two-volume version quite a lot, so it's painful to contemplate removing so many scenes that I like. The other problem, which I should have anticipated, is that even scenes that are remaining don't have the right slant or flavor. They resonate with the missing scenes, with the original beginning, with later scenes that may also be cut out. The light of this new, narrower, faster story is wrong for them.
I said to Raphael last night that it might be easier to just write the whole book again from scratch. It would not, of course. The changes I need to make will mostly be quite minor. I'm just not into the rhythm of it yet.
I am writing a new opening for Arry's first chapter. Soon, I hope, I'll be able to attach it to later scenes that won't need a great deal of tweaking, although they will certainly need some.
Once the opening is in place, I'll be able to use larger pieces of the original book, and they will fit together better.
Pamela
