What a pain trying to put all the bits and pieces of Breaking Glass together. I wonder if there is a neat way of working on a long story. Since I tend to write out of sequence, I have this big lumpy mess in front of me. I had a long flashback in the story, and I've decided to make it a prologue instead, it's less disruptive that way (I hope). The snippet below is from the scene that will open the story after the prologue. Illya is playing chauffeur and has become distracted. ___________
He saw himself running up the stairs to the mezzanine of the Volksoper, brushing at his damp jacket, hearing the agitated sweep of the violins. Mozart, he recognized the first ....
There was a sudden crack and the notes in his head shattered.
"Illya."
He came to with a start and heard the noise again, louder this time.
"Illya!"
He sat up, disoriented; Vienna disappeared as Napoleon rapped sharply on the partition between chauffeur and chauffeured. He had not noticed that his passengers had gotten back into the car.
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The snippet below is from the scene that will open the story after the prologue. Illya is playing chauffeur and has become distracted.
___________
He saw himself running up the stairs to the mezzanine of the Volksoper, brushing at his damp jacket, hearing the agitated sweep of the violins. Mozart, he recognized the first ....
There was a sudden crack and the notes in his head shattered.
"Illya."
He came to with a start and heard the noise again, louder this time.
"Illya!"
He sat up, disoriented; Vienna disappeared as Napoleon rapped sharply on the partition between chauffeur and chauffeured. He had not noticed that his passengers had gotten back into the car.