Mary Catelli's Erraticly Updated and Exceedingly Ill-Organized Journal

Well, no, it's not quite that simple. Two years pass, their twins are born, the twins grow to a year old -- and then the story takes up again.

I think we're going to have a scene discussing names, and then the birth, and then perhaps some with the babies crawling -- and then the story will take up again.

So, starting a story.  Noticing I was using the past perfect, which is not a good sign.

Considered putting in an earlier scene.  Then I realized that I could put what I thought of as an earlier scene after my original start.  That scene could be compressed down to a few sentences AND used to give the main character an excuse to escape from it.

Befores and afters are sometimes complicated 

Plugging along into action. The hero thinks he has rescued the children, not realizing he has fallen into a trap, and he's about to lose them again.

And then I remember I thought the next scenes would be in winter. Which means that they would be winter here, or at least late fall. Furthermore they were outside during the semi-rescue so they would know it.

sigh

I suppose there could be a gap in time between this scene and the next, but not too long because that would reflect badly on the hero. Except, oops, it can't be even that long because of what the villainess will do.

I am throwing in a scene.

The sole reason to throw in this scene is to separate two other scenes that are illogical back to back. Hmm. Maybe just inharmonious? Infelicitous? Anyway, it's to provide some subtext by dividing the scenes up the way they are divided in the story time. So I have to throw in something.

The heroine started to talk about court. We'll see.

As they are, indeed, in the habit of doing.

I may need to scatter some more clues even though the heroine's  explicitly stated that they have to hurry.  Given the distance, to be sure of returning before winter, it's not too late in the fall.  But there should be some clues.

From scene to scene, the heroine grows up. Well, she has to. It starts with her christening and ends with her wedding. And I have to plant things along the way.

The fun part was having one scene that happens right after another, and realizing it was the only one where the events happened without years between them.

Something's going to happen. 

Time is passing between the heroine's escape and the rescue force arriving, but things have to happen in there.  Some have to be dealt with in summary, or suggested, because they are time passing in ordinary ways.  It feels a little weak, though.  I think there shall be a bit more drama.  Now I just have to figure out what it is.