[RosieCotton]

It's rainy again here. But hopefully at least I can accomplish something at work today. I just have felt stupid for a long time now, and it's enough to make me want to break down.

I'm beginning to think the gal might have a previous love interest who shows up. That could explain a *lot*. It isn't pretty or nice...but she's not altogether good anyway.

Of course, explaining that could take another fifteen thousand words, and I'm still fretting about the overall length of this. I get so attached to scenes and conversations that hacking it up during the editing process is going to be heartbreaking.

[JenB]

I know what you mean. I realized last night that having an actual plot in Part 1 of my story means Part 1 actually breaks into two parts. Which changes the structure of the story from four parts with the crisis point at the end of part two, to five parts with the crisis at the end of part three. Or possibly four parts with the crisis at the end of part three and all the resolution in one 'part' but I'm thinking it'll be two. Plus I'm now inserting the "I'm going to spend 7k words telling you what happened twenty-five years ago" section and I just realized that the person telling it doesn't know one of the most crucial parts.... argh...