Pico, Day 15

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Here's today's post for your snippets, comments, thoughts.

Comments

[elmey.livejournal.com]

While working on the fic today, I realized I actually have a lot of the elements I need written. What I need to do is find the right structure and I have some ideas. So I've been spending time cutting and pasting and bridging and figuring out what goes together and what doesn't. Yes, yes, a messy way to work but I seem to do it fairly often... This is the beginning of the scene that will come just before yesterday's musings from Angelique.



Marguerite waved away the tea and took a glass of Côtes du Rhône instead. She cast a quick glance at Madeleine and saw she was occupied with the pastry tray. She leaned towards Anouk. "I heard Harry made an unexpected appearance. I'm sorry I missed him, it's been an age. That man always knew how to cause a commotion."

"He will not be back," Anouk replied calmly.

"And your pretty Russian, I didn't see him yesterday evening. Did Harry chase him away?"

Anouk's smile was private, feline. She picked up her own glass. "Some wines need to mature before they're sampled, don't you agree?"

[saki101.livejournal.com]

This is exciting news! Yay cut and paste, bridging and re-arranging!

"Some wines need to mature before they're sampled, don't you agree?"

Oh, what a line! And when's he's sufficiently matured, will she begin with the fingers or the toes!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I'm with Saki on this one, fantastic line!

[elmey.livejournal.com]

I have lots of lines, what I need is a story :D

[saki101.livejournal.com]

It's there. Those beautiful lines came from some unifying concept in your mind.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Just shake the whole thing like a caleidoscope and the lines will arrange themselves eventually. ;))

[elmey.livejournal.com]

My theory exactly :D

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Getting the right structure is so important. Kudos on starting to try to figure it out!

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Structure is something I really spend a lot of time on, when it's finally right, the story almost finishes itself. I could wish it revealed itself a little earlier sometimes!

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Any way that works is a good enough way to work! Finding structure can be really difficult, I hope that it all comes together.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

One day I'll learn to write chronologically...

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

But not this day!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

The cutting and pasting is a bother sometimes, but still better than coming up with all new :)

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Pasting scenes together is fiddly work, but I like your snippet here.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Interesting conversation! They seem to know each other very well.