So far, the scene beats I wrote during yesterday’s outline session have served me well, even though I’m just starting to crack them. I felt the need to start the scene with setting and a description of how time passed since the last one. I might cut it later, but any time I skip time in the story I feel like I need to call it out.
Yesterday, I was listening to an interview on Six Figure Authors about how the hosts like to split up their main characters into two groups so that they can bounce back and forth between the two and thereby cut out the boring transition parts. My current story does not allow for that, but it’s something I could consider in book 2 of this series.
This is the first scene that brings all four of my adventurers together in the same room, and the dynamics between the group are not smooth – it’s not even really a group yet, as my jester is very much on the outside. I’m trying to introduce that relationship while also furthering story exposition and getting the story going. It’s a trick balance and I won’t know if I’ve done it or not until much later. The best thing I can do at this point is to not worry about it and just try to get the scene written!