Well, fuck.
I've been struggling with this scene for weeks and I kept asking myself why it was fighting me. Was it because I was trying to take the characters in the wrong direction? Was the dialogue out of character? Was I asking the characters to do something they didn't want to or shouldn't be doing? But the answer to all those questions was no, so I kept plodding on. Until tonight. When I'd nearly reached the end, only to realize I wasn't asking the right question. The whole goddamn scene doesn't belong in this book. That's the problem. There's no purpose to it except to play out a storyline I don't have any room for. Not only does it insert a romantic subplot where one doesn't belong, it almost duplicates a preceding scene in terms of the conflict it introduces and the manner in which it advances the main plot.
I thought of posting an updated word count but there's not much point, is there? I'll be cutting a chunk out next session.
Damn it. I hate wasting time.
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