Desiderius Price

Of course, after thinking over it, couple small points to iron out, but yeah, writing will come.  (I actually got about 4k into it before I came to that realization that I couldn’t wing it like I normally do.)

lol sounds like you write kinda like I do. Twinsies! We can now start wearing matching outfits to the christmas parties. 

For Jefferey, I’ll typically have either a general premise or a key scene to an episode way ahead of time.   Then, when I get to an episode, I’ll flesh it out with a few bullet points to a rough outline, so I kinda know how it’ll go, and start writing it from there. 

For Episode 14, the basic premise is that the group needs Jeff to do something away from camp, so it’s a trip, which wouldn’t be interesting if it didn’t go wrong   I tried it my usual way, just winging it, got 4k in, however, the details started to bug me.  The adversaries trying to make the trip go wrong, they’re competent, I want to write them as competent, so no silly mistakes, and so there’d be contingencies for when it might not go according to plan.  So, I was considering having Jeff’s group send another contingent, to “save the day”, *but* they’d first try to contact Jeff’s party and abort the trip, because the task could easily wait to another day.  Jeff’s party is also competent, so if they suspected anything was amiss, they’d scrub and retreat.  I also need the venue to stay properly scoped, and fitted to those using it.  What I do really like about what I’ve written so far, is I started it from a different POV before I bring Jeff in; then I shift earlier to Jeff’s side for the trip; a mild flashback feel, but not too bad, and it lets me hint at the adversaries setting things up before Jeff shows up. 

With all of what I’m expecting from the Episode, I decided I needed to plan it more intricately.   First, explore it from the adversary POV, figuring out the details to their orders, their plans and contingencies for this, and the operational limits to the actions that they can take [this storyline, this universe, doesn’t have supervillains, nearly everybody thinks they are doing the right thing, even though their definitions to “the right thing” can vary].  Second, add in Jeff’s party and figure it out, how to get him into trouble, and the tough part, getting him out of it without relying on a deus ex (so tempting, so very tempting, it’d solve the issue, *but*….)

So, once I finalize the general layout to the venue, the rest should fall into place.  Or, just use the bullet proof coffin.