Massive organizational push today on E.
This is what I had: several chapters with scenes written, followed by a lot of notes and rougher-than-scene vignettes.
This is what I have ten hours later: same scenes as above, plus quasi-organized new and date-stamped chapter headings leading to the falling action, each of which begins with a summary of what must happen and is followed by related notes.
I also gave one character, previously mentioned in passing, a last name and a larger role, which solves an interior development issue I was having with M, one of my co-protagonists. In addition, I changed one name.
Notes on known revision points are at the end, but I want to make it through a draft before I address them.
I'm a plunger-plotter hybrid. Plunge and then figure out how to swim. On my third first draft, it looks like I've got the plot 85% figured out and have at least a tentative title for each chapter.
I love chapter titles. I can see where you might want to just stay in the story itself, but to me, it's part of the rhythm of a novel. Also, it's an opportunity.
Research topics included: James Dean; Irish boy names.
Enough for today. My brain is leeking out of my ears.
