Saturday, March 12, 2005

The Ah-Ha! Moment

I was just saying that I enjoyed the journey of novel.

This morning, I had one of its best moments, an ah-ha! moment.

I'd been wrestling with the integration of a fantasy element. I'd really just noticed lately that it was probably important to spell out; go figure.

Anyway, tried it in dialogue with another fantasy element revelation, which just made the scene too long and forced.

Tried it in dialogue during another scene, which was better, but messed with the pacing.

Condensed it from about eight lines to two and tried it at the end as part of a series that had been a little too short and--hold on tight--twisted it to pick up a parallel backstory element.

Ah ha!