Novel Watch #25: +3.5 pages [15.5/62 revised, 69.5 total]
Today I revised Chapter 6. The important part of this was towards the end, as Bandolor and Iggsle discuss what to do about Adrianna. I needed to move around motives a little and complicate intentions, and I’m not quite sure it’s exactly where it needs to be. However, it’s suitable for now, and I can always go back later and adjust it further.
The big issue I had here was subtlety. I’m trying to add in a certain amount of conflict to one of these characters, and I’m not sure when it’s going to come to the fore. Heck, it might not even be in this book. Actually, no, it’ll probably show up at the end of this book. Regardless, I want that revelation to kind of put things in perspective, without having everything out of perspective beforehand. Do I even know what I mean? Maybe not. Anyway, it’s difficult.
Revising Chapter 7 might not be too difficult, by contrast. It’s another Adrianna chapter, so I need to pay attention to her characterization throughout, but overall it’s mostly a fun little interlude with Finkerner. I enjoy Fink, even though his dialogue takes forever to write, as it’s completely incomprehensible to everyone but Chaucerian scholars. Even I don’t understand it, but that’s kind of the point. The end of Chapter 7 is where I start snipping everything up and completely rearranging them, like some sort of literary collage that’s supposed to be end up looking like a photograph. I expect a major headache.