Slowing the Pace
Wenn es Abend wird from Gräfin Mariza by Kálmán
NaNo18 is trundling along nicely, and an early morning sprint enabled me to claim the 10k badge. Following yesterday’s killing spree, I’ve slowed down the pace, but need to be careful that all the details are relevant to the plot. I’ve pencilled in some reading time to look at some of the great contemporary authors to analyse how their detail seems to move the plot along, whereas mine often send me to sleep. It’s quite an art to find the right balance of relevant detail so that it doesn’t look like padding.
Today, I added a new character – the man from the ministry. When he appeared I just thought of him as on ordinary civil servant there to fulfil a particular function, but I’m now contemplating him having a romantic involvement with the protagonist.
Today’s track is from an operetta -the Gräfin Mariza – and pertinent to the plot as we are about to head back to Vienna.
