For part of scene edits, Rock Your Revisions emphasizes Anchoring/Setting; therefore, I've added a Where/When column to my GMCD (Goal, Motivation, Conflict, Disaster) chart. (Note to self: Buy a ream of legal paper.)
Here's a mention of when and where information for my first scene:
Most times, the fishes jumping out of and splashing back into the brownish green-tinged water of the Big Lake made her grandfather soft-smile and tell tall fishing tales. But not this afternoon. Even the cloudless blue spring-time sky—the same color as Papaw’s eyes—and the greened-out East Tennessee hills sloping down to the lakeside banks failed to catch his eye.
Chapter two includes:
Late in the day on Saturday, not that he had anything better to do but work, the heat of shame flushed Stedford’s face. “Man, I feel right about spying on little kids.”
“I’m telling you, bro.” Cantrell crouched behind a thatch of brush. His eyes gleamed too bright, even for the late afternoon East Tennessee mountain sunlight. “These kids are being targeted for kidnapping.”
Stedford followed Cantrell as he wove his way through trees just above an eight acre lake set somewhere in Mossy Pine Woods.
For workability, I've separated each chapter out into an individual file, so that I can edit one chapter at a time. As I dive into each chapter, I will weave setting details into the action of the scene.
