Like I told nhpw, I think I'll cut the first Samuel death - it'll cut out some dross, and streamline that section leading into act three. And it gets Mira more active - albeit killing her husband while doing so - instead of having her passively reacting to something.
Is there anything that you can point out as being convoluted? Because third acts are my nemesis...es...is, and I always worry about action stuff being hard to follow.
I haven't gotten to the climax yet. :( Heeeeeeee. I outlined this after doing a genre study (in my head - I'll do a paper one before revision), and the third acts of horror/action/thrillers are usually one long extended action-y sequence. But I don't want it to be tiresome or too long. But, y'know, it's a first draft, so I'm not too worried about it just yet.
But yeah, in general, a lot of shit will end up getting trimmed/condensed/scenes merged, etc. I always write more than I need.
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Date: 2011-01-17 02:54 am (UTC)Is there anything that you can point out as being convoluted? Because third acts are my nemesis...es...is, and I always worry about action stuff being hard to follow.
I haven't gotten to the climax yet. :( Heeeeeeee. I outlined this after doing a genre study (in my head - I'll do a paper one before revision), and the third acts of horror/action/thrillers are usually one long extended action-y sequence. But I don't want it to be tiresome or too long. But, y'know, it's a first draft, so I'm not too worried about it just yet.
But yeah, in general, a lot of shit will end up getting trimmed/condensed/scenes merged, etc. I always write more than I need.