The Mighty Gwen

So after a week or so of marginal writing progress I went to Borders today determined to make a dent. I've been stuck on that first hospital scene all this time, for one reason or another, and I finally worked it out. Everything I converted over to a factory type setting has been converted back to the hospital, but better since I was able to keep a few nice character notes for Gwen that came up when this scene was factory-ized. That's a bonus. Once I got through those two or three set-up paragraphs, though, the rest was cake.

The rest of the scene covers the conversation between Kelly and Gwen, and I just smoked it. That stuff was pretty good to start with, and with minimal tweaking it really sings, especially when Gwen is describing her horrible date with Todd, because she is a character I find completely hilarious. It helps when I know the person the character is based on really well, too. So I'm biased a little bit there. Anyway, I'm really happy with the scene.

I also got to set up the tension between Gwen and Willow, one of my favorite running bits in later chapters. Having two strong-willed female characters who hate each other, for really no good reason, just tickles my funny bone. I'm kind of a jerk that way.

Up next is the first Laurel scene, by way of telephone, which I'm looking forward to tackling tomorrow afternoon.

So, I'm getting there.