“Trust your instincts and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.” ― David Gemmell, Fall of Kings
It’s late midafternoon on a hot (93°F/33°C) early summer day here in the Tampa Bay area. As I write this, I’m listening to Leroy Anderson’s Forgotten Dreams, the composition that, in my head and heart anyway, is “Marty’s Theme” in both Reunion: A Story and Reunion: Coda. It’s a beautiful and haunting piece that I’ve loved ever since I heard it on Evening at Pops when I was much younger than I am now. (So much so, in fact, that I unconsciously used it as a chapter title in Reunion when I wrote it in 1998.)
So, Dear Reader, this is the straight poop: I finally decided how to start Chapter Ten of Reunion: Coda – with a line of spoken dialogue. I’ve done it before, in other stories as well as in the new “work-in-progress,” so I’m not heading into terra incognita. My issue was – and I’ve said this before – whether I should use this “gag” or set up the scene with narration and then go into dialogue.
If I had way more energy than I do presently, I’d try to go ahead and start writing the scene. Truth is, I can’t. I’m tired. I don’t feel all that well – sleepy, nursing a bad headache, and somewhat depressed – so I’ll just start Chapter Ten, Scene One tomorrow morning. It might force me to write tomorrow’s blog post in the afternoon but considering that I am more of a morning person than I am an afternoon one, I think it serves the novel better if I do it that way.
As for today: I may not have written a single “new word” in any of the Word files reserved for working on the novel, but at least I know where to begin work tomorrow.
In the meantime, I have a headache to take care of, so I’ll close for now. Until next time, stay safe, stay healthy, and I’ll catch you on the sunny side of things.
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