Justicar Jhee and the Spectral Armada
A Justicar Jhee Mystery
A Justicar Jhee Mystery
My work is flagging as I attempt to tame the content management dragon. As much as I love Scrivener’s Scratch Pad, the notes in it can’t be searched via the search box like files and folders can. The note names need to be very clear if you want to find something at a glance. Keep the notes’ contents short and sweet also. However, I can work around these problems somewhat by using Windows Search on the folder where Scrivener stores its notes.
The grail with the flail hails the hydra that is veiled during the taming of the tale. I took two weeks to discover this mega-scene is two scenes. Wait–nope, three weeks to realize it’s actually three scenes. A situation I am running into with all the mega-scenes really. The scene takes place during a feast with performances happening in the background–until they aren’t. This monster kicks my butt and makes me cry ‘Parley’ every time I attempt to battle it. Now that I’ve realized its true nature as three monsters-in-one (whale, hydra, and, most deadly of all, darling) I hope to defeat it.
When I studied the “scene” beast, I took detailed notes on its physiology. I gave each distinct bit of information (character interaction, clue, backstory, etc.) a simple sentence. The sentence count clocked in at seventy. And like with the scene listing, I found a few gaps even with all that detail. Most important of all I noticed the heart of the scene beast, the main character’s goal, was too big. She had a vague goal she did next to nothing to achieve. The vagueness came from trying to cover too much ground in what to my mind was one scene. Smacks forehead. No wonder the scene beast became unfocused and ran wild.
This vessel with the pestle has failed to give me a brew that is true.
I got muffin on the MacGuffin. Mayhaps I should drink from the chalice from the palace.
Have a lovely day!