jeriendhal | The Trouble With Sudden Insights is That They're So Unexpected.

So for the past few days I've been working on reformatting Triumvirate in oder to get it ready for a proper beta-read and posting on Smashwords and Amazon. The problem is that I know the middle act is weak, because I basically handwave over about three years of training with a time skip. I found it unsatisfying when I wrote it but I was too busy trying to get my daily word count in for NaNoWriMo to worry about it at the time. And the idea of writing a full blown training montage was less than satisfying.

I think I finally hit upon the solution though. I've already established that the Triumvirate Council is understaffed and underfunded. It wouldn't be totally out of left field for the leader of the Council to send a junior team just starting their training on a "simple" courier mission (ie: find out why Obafemi's team haven't sent a report recently) that goes horribly, horribly wrong. It'll mean re-writing late Act Four a bit to accomidate Nafir and Co. discovering the situation instead of getting briefed on it, but plot wise it'll likely make for a more satisfying read.

Still going to be a pain in the ass to re-write though.