I have said a few times that I write in 'snippets'- small sections of a story that fit into the general idea but do not necessarily connect either in front (going forward) or from behind. Often, I free-write ideas and collect an entire folder of them just to see what sticks. I often write a snippet as a means of climbing out of one of my infamous story holes.
Here it is, again: 'He' goes for his gun, at that very moment there is an explosion, knocking him senseless. So 'she' fires twice at him ... where did 'she' get the gun? Then you realize that 'he' is supposed to be 90 miles away at the other attack site. When the young man who dreams only of her bursts into the room to save her ... 'the other he (him?)' is supposed to be at the police communications room 10 blocks away.
The first thing I did was write the scene - independently; meaning, not connected fore or aft to anything, yet. Captain Charest (the evil Captain Charest) charges into Colonel Reiniger's office and shoots him (a long story, from Book 2); Mme Bourait and Ariéle are in the office, and he turns, planning to shoot Mme Bourait and kidnap the beautiful Ariéle. The explosion - the resistance needs to blow up the communications capability of the chateau (district German HQ), so I simply move the comm office from the first floor (the open German HQ) to the secure second floor - offices of the Colonel and the 'Grand Foyer' - also from book 2. This gives me a good reason to have an explosion at the right moment.
The explosion knocks Ariéle and Mme Bourait down, and disables Captain Charest. Ariéle grabs the dead colonel's gun, laying on the floor.
Richard barges in (who is Richard? - gotta read the story), collects the dazed Mme Bourait, The Black Sun, and readies them to leave by the back door when ... Charest gets up and is going to shoot Richard, so Ariéle shoots him (not dead - important).
Lanval meets the desperate Charest in the hall (again, gotta read the story), and Charest thinks he is there to help him. He is going to shoot Richard by barging through the hallway back door into the garage, but Lanval (Police Corporal Lanval Morisot) kills him, unbeknownst to Richard or Ariéle, or obviously to the surprise of Captain Charest.
Whew! Problem is ... some of these players are NOT really in the chateau according to the story as it is written... more of the solution tomorrow.
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