I’m working on a pivotal scene in the novel. It has to do a lot. It’s a big exposition scene. It’s a chapter that boils down what had originally been several chapters of material, explaining where one group of characters had been, and setting up the events that lead to the climax of the thing.
I’m ashamed to say I’ve written it 10, maybe 15 times now. I keep writing it, throwing it away, starting again, tweaking it, doing it over. Ugh. Problem is, I know when it’s right, but I know even more when it’s wrong. It wants to be long, and it’s boring when it’s long. I really need to boil it down and get to the point.
Here’s hoping.
MAL: “Wheel never stops turning, Badger.”
BADGER: “That only matters to the people on the rim.”
— Joss Whedon – Firefly (”Serenity”)
