writing rightly

Chapter three has been quite the bugger to write. I started wanting a contemplative scene to show the inner thoughts and motives of Adminius. I felt that the man who would be able to stand toe to toe with Caradoc must be a certain type of man. But I wasnt sure how to present that in writing. Obviosly a contemplative scene goes well after an action scene. But the contemplation must be from the person involved in the action. With that being the case, that chapter should be Caradoc's contemplation, not Adminius'. Therefore the need to include more action before Adminius reveals motivation and thoughtsis the correct way to do the chapter. For some reason, I felt the need to describe the wildfire, rather than fight it. Last week I rewrote the scene including the towns people fighting the fire and took out all uneccessary stuff. (I.e. lenthy description of the chariot and the speech by Adminius before the firefight) Now I am still not satisfied and will do another rewrite putting Adminius into the fight and into the fire. I apologize to the fans, as this has been such a lengthy process. I don't know if other writers have such dilemmas or not. Tom gave me two books he recently read. His goal is for me to see how the writer makes the characters live and breathe. They seemed so real to him as he read it. It is the Troy series by David Gemmel. Real characters, really doing stuff. Now that would be really cool. Don't forget to check us out on Facebook and click on the discussion tab and join a discussion or start one of your own. -- Jon