Tension 2

I've had the ending 7 chs plotted out for a long time, with some scenes in definite play-by-play. Good to know the arrival point, but the middle section is awfully messy and running everywhere. I think I can condense the events in Palas to cut out a couple chapters and make a faster pace. I also need to interweave in the Critias plot. Stupidly, so far the climax of the story takes place away from H's viewpoint in Fanelia, and that seems a little defeating in itself. Feelings come through character action, after all.

One thought as I go through my notes: I have too many characters T_T Maybe it's not so much trouble if I could just figure out a better way to keep information on them all. Lists are no problem, but character interaction associations are hard to keep. When V+H are in Palas at the trade agreement meeting, I'd like those chs to be full with people and their different agendas. I've briefly touched on this in a previous post, but here's the actual list, just for fun:

- Van v Hitomi
- Hitomi v Allen
- Chid v Allen
- Eries v Allen
- Van v Allen v Dryden
- Millerna v Hitomi v Merle
- Dryden v Meiden
- Aston v Millerna+Dryden v Mia
- Allen v Aston
- Van v Cim
- Cim v Hitomi
- Critias v Hitomi v Van
- Merle v Ramu
- Eries v Millerna
- Hitomi v Meiden+Aston
- Hitomi v countries
- Leal+Belian v Van
- Leal+Belian v Hitomi
- Allen v Celena
- countries with each other (Asturia, Basram, Cesario, Deadalus, Egzardia, Fanelia, Freid)

Maybe I'm overthinking it, lol. But undercurrents of character tension bring more force to top-lying events. And sometimes it's only through interaction that true motives may be known.