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[agilebrit]

I had a Thought last night while I was madly pounding out my 500 words.

It seems to me that my protag and my preacher dude should actually know each other from before. I think (I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong) that circuit riders had a set route they did, and they came back to the same places over and over (thus the "circuit").

And this adds yet another level of angst to the entire situation. It's one thing if you watch a man of God die to protect you. It's quite another if you watch your man of God do that.

This will, of course, require a rewrite. Fortunately, I'm still on the First Draft stage of this thing. What is it I say? The first draft is my outline? Notwithstanding the paper outline I've got sitting over there. Which is a mess.

In other news, I'm not sure what just happened, but I may have blown through my climax without realizing it. So I'll just be over here, headdesking. Again.

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[texanfan.livejournal.com]

You are absolutely right about circuit riders. Most visited each of their churches once a month so weddings, baptisms and Communion happened whenever the preacher came around. The number of churches depended on just how spread out they were and how fast he could make the "circuit."

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

I was pretty sure about that, but thank you for the confirmation! I'm in the middle of the rewrite of this scene now, and it's making me tear my hair out.

Although why this should be any different from any other time I'm working on the thing is a question for the ages.