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Oct. 23rd, 2008 07:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedlamsbardI swear to God, this is the chapter that hates life, the universe, and ME. It is like the little chapter that would not be written!
Too. Much. Freaking. EXPOSITION. No, Tirian, we do not need to know Narnian history dating back three hundred years (about 4K of it, oh my god, there's, like, 700 words that's not Death by Exposition).
*stares at chapter* Maybe rather than rewriting the entirety of the chapter -- oh, gods, version four -- I can figure out what in the exposition doesn't have to be there and then throw in the Peter/Tirian swordfight I wanted.
I'm serious about the exposition, by the way: we have Rilian's Ban, the Calormene invasion during Absalian's time, a Tirian flashback, Bahadur of Calormen, and an exacting survey of exactly who and what is living out in the west. Maybe it's not that bad. I don't even know. I have no distance from this chapter anymore.
ETA: Hey, kids, you know what's exciting? When your references for "ultimate fantasy adventure novel" is two thousand miles away. Maybe the bookstore has a copy in paperback; I'll check after class.
Too. Much. Freaking. EXPOSITION. No, Tirian, we do not need to know Narnian history dating back three hundred years (about 4K of it, oh my god, there's, like, 700 words that's not Death by Exposition).
*stares at chapter* Maybe rather than rewriting the entirety of the chapter -- oh, gods, version four -- I can figure out what in the exposition doesn't have to be there and then throw in the Peter/Tirian swordfight I wanted.
I'm serious about the exposition, by the way: we have Rilian's Ban, the Calormene invasion during Absalian's time, a Tirian flashback, Bahadur of Calormen, and an exacting survey of exactly who and what is living out in the west. Maybe it's not that bad. I don't even know. I have no distance from this chapter anymore.
ETA: Hey, kids, you know what's exciting? When your references for "ultimate fantasy adventure novel" is two thousand miles away. Maybe the bookstore has a copy in paperback; I'll check after class.