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Scene 1.3.15: Barn Visit #8 (Excerpt)
Another excerpt. I have been working a lot lately with Grace’s interiority. A fun part of this kind of development is finding the little spots where I can plant her resentment and growing inability to tolerate her own inaction. Duly fun is how she rationalizes it away. This excerpt directly follows Visit 7, where she… — read more
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Scene 1.3.2: Barn Visit #2 (Excerpt)
Excerpt from this scene. Context: Following her discovery, Grace spends the night in the barn. She wakes up early before Adrian does. Following this morning period to herself, he wakes up and they’ll start the period of trying all the larger tools. Still debating how to thread the needle between those two. Grace needs to… — read more
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Scene 1.3.1: Barn Visit #1 (v1)
The old barn sat unassuming at the back of the property line. This place used to house the cows. But that had been years ago. Maybe some old equipment remained now. Otherwise the boarded gate made it too likely to collect snow in the winter. Owen had never bothered to re-purpose it. Pleasant view though.… — read more
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Scene 1.3.14: Barn Visit #7 (v1)
Sitting there the following day held new weight. When she’d last arrived he had been fully alert, waiting for her. There was something eerie about it. Why was he doing that. Though she was certain he wouldn’t have minded her asking, she dared not. No need to know how long. Did it matter. Could he… — read more
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Scene 2.1.2: Thomas and Mara in Town (v2)
These two scenes create the end of the 2.1.2 sequence of Thomas and Mara in town after the longer 1.3 barn stuff finishes. I’ve marked it in the outline as one scene, really its a larger chapter. Currently these are “A” and “B” but they will be more like “F” and “G” by the time… — read more
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Scene 1.2.2: Thomas Confronts Grace (v1)
Later that evening, she found herself sitting on the front porch staring outward. The last of the day’s light was fading from the day, and the darkness edged over the hill, encompassing the field and the garden into the night’s darkness. Emma had joined her for a few minutes to chat before she retired for… — read more
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Scene 1.1.5: Dinner Scene #1 (v2)
Standing on the front porch, she wondered whether or not there would be dessert. Normally Owen didn’t serve it. Whiskey, neat. Always. Her throat closed. Rook knocked the door. Immediately it swung open. “Hello!” Hannah’s high pitched voice clammers over the sound of the door opening. She beams up at them. “We’ve been ready for… — read more
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Scene 1.2.1: “Adrian isn’t working today” (v2)
The next morning she awoke with her stomach already in knots. The bright morning sunlight cut intrusively through her curtains, forcing her to end her rest sooner than she had wanted. Grace throws them open and slides the pane up, welcoming the breeze into the stale room. The eastern edge of the field was empty.… — read more
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Scene 1.3.21: Barn Visit #11 and Barn Visit #12.Scene 1.3.22: Barn Visit #13 (v3)
*Content Warning: Physical Violence* 1.3.21 (v2) Barn Visit #11 Over that entire evening she sat on the edge of her desk and watched the barn. There it stood, unaffected as ever against the overgrown fields. Slowly decaying in Adrian’s absence. Owen and Thomas had avoided that area since. She’d tried many other things to quiet… — read more