To get myself going on a major rewrite, I tried to write a scene that wasn't at the beginning. I wanted to plunge in at an interesting point and get to know the love interest right away rather than waiting.
But a problem emerged - how much information should I give out on the protag's backstory and current mission? Part of what I'm trying to achieve is a bit of mystery at the beginning. Who is this girl and what is she really up to? I want to create a question in the reader's mind, then slowly answer it.
So in writing this scene near but not at the beginning, I let a bit of info trickle out, hoping to intrigue and begin answering, but not to reveal all.
It didn't work very well. Sure, I was raising questions, but there were mostly of the WTF? variety. Not the "oooh, cool, now I want to know more" type I was going for.
So I have to go back and start at the beginning. This way I can better control the information. (By information I mean character backstory, the protag's current state of mind, who's who and what's what, and what her goal is.) I'll know what's been told and what hasn't and hopefully why.
And there's always rewriting if I make a mess of it this time too. Thank you, universe, for rewriting. This initial writing stuff is fricking hard!
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