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Jul. 29th, 2005 12:55 pmStarting in on GHOST POINT this morning, most of the stuff is simple mechanics, like figuring out how to make sure the reader knows about a gap of time without the blatant "Two days later, as they headed down the road..." (Which actually could work in a lot of stories, but doesn't really fit this book's style, being more omniscient narrator-voice than really tight third-person.) I'm working from back to front -- that makes life easier for the intrepid author, as the Nice Agent Lady referenced page numbers, and some of my changes will throw those all to hell.
Which also means that the _hard_ part, the cuts in Grendel's POV, gets put off as long as possible, as those come in the first four or five chapters.
But I can use that as avoidance from scraping paint on the front porch. As Dante pointed out, there is a gradation to the circles in Hell.
And anyone who has a painless solution for evicting or eradicating a yellow-jacket nest from the compost bin, please raise your hand. I got stung three times yesterday evening. Good thing I'm not allergic to _that_.
Which also means that the _hard_ part, the cuts in Grendel's POV, gets put off as long as possible, as those come in the first four or five chapters.
But I can use that as avoidance from scraping paint on the front porch. As Dante pointed out, there is a gradation to the circles in Hell.
And anyone who has a painless solution for evicting or eradicating a yellow-jacket nest from the compost bin, please raise your hand. I got stung three times yesterday evening. Good thing I'm not allergic to _that_.
