July 28, 2003
o/~ EXPOSITION! o/~
1200 words this morning, chock full of exposition-y goodness. I followed the old tried and true method of "the insider tells the outsider things she needs to know, which the audience also needs to know". In this case, Alex asked Weylin, essentially, why Jack thinks her dad was such an asshole. Which resulted in a brief history of fae prejudices, society, and genetics. (Weylin being a friend of her father's from long ago--those of you who played on Something Wicked This Way Comes might remember the name. Yes, I cannibalized one of my own characters.)
Of course, I needed to figure out what exactly Weylin was going to tell her, because those were details I hadn't clarified in my mind yet. I think it worked out okay.
Planning on writing again this afternoon. This should be interesting, because the next scene is going to lead into the first large-scale combat scene I've ever written. I'll let you know how it goes.
Posted by Lisa at July 28, 2003 12:05 PM