Saturday, March 28, 2009

the skull beneath the skin

Re: my novel's first fifty pages

I've quit with the line edits, and am concentrating on structure.  If a line isn't in the right place, who cares if it sounds good or not?

Now my questions are: Where is the story's true beginning?  Where is the inciting incident?  Are there a bunch of different ones?  Are any status quo-esque scenes necessary?  Am I *telling* enough?  Who *are* these people?  Their lives are so freaking weird!  How could anyone hope to understand what's going on?!

(Obviously, I'm freaking out.  So more work on the spec. script until I work up the nerve to start on DROOLING ZOMBIES.  I'm breaking into a sweat just thinking about it.  Or maybe that's just from the coffee).  

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