Roughing In A Scene

Today’s revision work is way more than the usual read, edit and tweak. This is a whole scene that has only an outline. Eek! This scene is one that has key elements and characters, will I do it justice?

This is unsettling. I have concerns with this being written years later. Will this fit the rest of the story? I wanted it in, but doubted my own decision, so I held back. Now, this is it. I can always cut the scene, but this is a test of my ability to choreograph a scene that feels necessary. I know the purpose, the actions that need to transpire, the characters exist and I know who they are. I can see the scene in my head as it would go.

What is my issue?

I don’t want to make an awkward wordy scene that will be better cut. If it needs be cut, so be it. I would rather find it hard to cut than have no choice but cut it because it’s so badly written.

You know how some houses they add on a room, and you know they added on a room? I don’t want that with this story. I want an add on that you would never have known and can’t tell a room was added. You can’t go in the attic, or the basement or crawl under the house and find any evidence of the addition. It exists as if it has always been there. I want to do that with this scene, in this story.

Wish me luck. Break a key? I don’t know but whatever it is, that.