Passing time
Sep. 26th, 2025 09:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceiswynThe final segment of LongFic feels to me like it's dragging. Most of what I write is just marking the passage of time while Hamilton and Burr slowly proceed (well, Hamilton proceeds, Burr keeps getting distracted) towards the final denouement.
And then I think about one of the more recent scenes I wrote, and... it indicates that Hamilton is now telling people his news, makes it very clear that Burr is not one of those people, changes the date of Burr's return to New York to heighten the will-they-meet tension, summarises Burr's movements and gives perspective on them, demonstrates that Burr's experiences have made him a more committed abolitionist than he was historically; oh, and slips in a devastating one-liner from Hamilton that utterly broke my heart.
I mean, nothing may have actually happened, but goodness my interpersonal scenes do a lot of heavy lifting.
And then I think about one of the more recent scenes I wrote, and... it indicates that Hamilton is now telling people his news, makes it very clear that Burr is not one of those people, changes the date of Burr's return to New York to heighten the will-they-meet tension, summarises Burr's movements and gives perspective on them, demonstrates that Burr's experiences have made him a more committed abolitionist than he was historically; oh, and slips in a devastating one-liner from Hamilton that utterly broke my heart.
I mean, nothing may have actually happened, but goodness my interpersonal scenes do a lot of heavy lifting.
