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revision hell. pt. 1, section b. (ad infinitum)

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The trouble with bad guys is, there's no trouble. You just don't get their perspective on the situation.

retreat

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It's not my blue heaven, but it will surely do. A good friend lives a short drive away and the complex is keeping the pool opened and maintained as long as the warm weather holds. We seem to be the only ones who know about it! For a while now I've been struggling with Scrivener, trying to make it print out only the synopsis. Even in the windows version, I can see the MAC mind of the designer everywhere. This PC brain finally solved the problem and I was able to bring a list of scenes with me, poolside. Reading and thinking my way through them and it dawned on me. You really can't kill the main protag three-fourths of the way through the book. Nope. Other less significant things were revealed, but this one's a biggie.