3rd chapter re-write and 3rd entry for the day!
The third chapter of Orchid is proving a difficult beast to write.
Firstly because it was imagined a brief chapter to introduce the main antagonist in about 3 short pages. But as time went on this has grown to nearly 10. Well nothing wrong with that, BUT, I hate it, the chapter, it is a chore to read and I hate writing it. Why? Well having reviewed the chapter to me its because Im still trying to get a handle on the antagonist himself and this is causing the problems. So I have left the chapter as it is, and written out a list of CRITERIA that the chapter requires before it can be classed as being finished. And from this revised list will come a flow of how the chapter will happen in terms of structure, flashbacks and exposition.
Having viewed the chapter in this new light has helped, but I need my muse to help me sort this damn character out.
Why is this chapter so important? Because without my antagonist it makes the protagonists and the rest of the characters pointless.
I am already prepared to leaving it as a series of bullet points and coming back to reading it.
*** JOB ADVERT ***
muse wanted - hours variable - pay nil
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