What's the process?
- Identify places where there's lack of clarity or lack of engagement. Check. Weakness is most pronounced in the set-up of the story world.
- Sketch a plan for a new opening sequence that more clearly establishes the problem at the global/story world level. Check.
- Revisit to make sure the scenes are a satisfying dramatic hook and not just expository, situational scenarios. Next to do in my process today.
- Flesh out the descriptions. Note to self: In my futuristic setting I can't always rely on the less is more strategy. Here's a case where clarity trumps, so over-describe, then edit for a cleaner, leaner read.
- Crisp up the dialog. Note to self: Maintain the snappy personalities and beware the trap of explaining the situation via "natural" conversation, which won't sound natural at all if it explains everything.
- Come back to the sequence tomorrow, edit and continue with a revision of the old opening scene so the two sequences flow.
Good thing I love the process.
