It’s an ugly process I’d prefer to face blindfolded and drugged to the
gills for. Alas, common sense and creative aptitude are needed in this
editorial bloodbath.
Currently on the chopping block is the strained relationship between
two of the “minor” brothers. This tangential storyline is not needed to support
or even to enhance the main plot.
Keeping it, and all the background shenanigans that go along with it,
would mean sacrificing time and space much needed for the story’s big guns.
Cutting it would mean a loss of a very interesting dynamic, one that
led me to telling this story.
However, I must bow to the fact that this is being written as a
romance, not as a family drama. Admittedly, it’s a small difference. Both
genres usually have wide swaths of the other in their plots. One can rarely
live without the other.
But when issues of space and plot strength come up, there have to be
sacrifices. In this case, the family drama must go…
Or at least be pruned back substantially…
Perhaps trimmed to promote better blooming the next season could be a
way of stating it?
Yeah, we’ll go with that one.
So what have we learned today, class?
Answer: a spot of personal delusion often comes with bloody hands.
Until tomorrow…
Chloe
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