Decisions, Decisions

I’m get­ting to a new meaty part, the second begin­ning almost con­cluded. There’s a lot of high action toward the end of this novel, but now I’m still put­ting in place rela­tion­ships and polit­ics and vari­ous more subtle forms of con­flict that will even­tu­ally cul­min­ate in the explod­ing heli­copters type of con­flict. I did my best to plan each scene with a con­crete goal, but when change in a rela­tion­ship is the goal, there are so many ways one can go about that.

So it comes down to decision mak­ing. I’m find­ing that in my non-​writing life too, dir­ect­ing theatre pro­duc­tions. How will I decide to play this scene, on stage or on paper? There are infin­ite ways it could be done, but noth­ing moves for­ward until a decision is made. So you plunge in, and later, revise as necesary.

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