Back at Page One

So I seem to be back at page one, literally. I am trying to rewrite Caryatid now. I'm not having much luck. It hurts to write it. It hurts, and I don't know how to deal with the pain. Writing about Mark as a living, breathing, fallible human being is so... different, after these past few years. I don't know if I know him anymore. I seem to be clinging to the memory of him, not the real him. Kind of like Ralph, which figures, really. Anyhow, the rewrite (take three, actually) is going slowly. I am working on the flow, first and foremost, because that has always been my weakness. Or my primary foible. Ha. The voice is smoother, too, I think. It's deeper, as well. I use more words where they're needed. It is a slow and grueling process. I don't know if I'll ever actually get through it. Oh well.

I decided to rename most of the chapters in book one, too. The names were too... boring. I am now amused. Here are the changes:

Prologue. Once Upon a Time

1. San Francisco -- TBD after rewrite

2. The Sieve -- The Truth in the Sieve

3. Color -- TBD after a much-needed rewrite

4. The Kitchen Cabinet -- Ants in the Kitchen Cabinet

5. Hong Kong -- Ten Questions

6. Catalyst -- Crimson Catalysts

7. Secession -- A Shakespearean Comedy

8. Dualism -- Everything in Nothing

9. Scraps of Paper

10. The Trinity

11. Sandbox -- The Menagerie in the Box

12. The Loneliest Job

13. The Roundness of History

Epilogue. Inauguration Day