Chapter structure version one July 4, 2006
Posted by jeanne in Author's Note, construction news, Creative Writing, original fiction, Plotting, synopsis.trackback
Can we make chapters of these events? Whoo, looks like it. And that means, I can start writing it real soon now. In fact, I was fantacising it over dinner, how you don’t know what’s going on until later in the story, but there it is laid out in front of you. I love fiction. You can do anything, within limits – limits that’re still way bigger than life.
This afternoon, I sat over my hand-drawn chart until I could pick a spot on the timeline and see all the nexi, nexuses – junctures, crosses and kinks. Only when I could do that for the whole story – tho I could have made use of ‘and then a miracle happens’ place holders – did I feel ready to go to the next step.
So. Maybe I’ll start on the first chapter, real soon now.
Part 1
Chapter one
Mysterious burial at night
Meeting with neighbors and developer
The neighborhood
Chapter two
Construction begins
The first curse
A truck axle breaks
Dinner at maggie’s
Old man goes after rogue dogs
Chapter three
Thing one tries to scam the old couple
The tree is damaged, the authorities are caled
A bulldozer breaks
Another meeting
Chapter four
The tree is damaged again
The second curse
The dump is closed because of rain
The old couple have sex
The construction trailer has to be moved
Animal remains are found on site
Thing one gets paranoid, sees something
Chapter five
Thing two starts on a downward spiral
The old lady poisons the crew
Dinner at Maggie’s
Maggie discloses a lump
Chapter six
Maggie has a lumpectomy; old lady nurses
The gayes turn against the old couple
The old couple douse the growing excavation
Chapter seven
The tree is badly damaged
Things one and two have a fight
Break in and robbery of star crossed lovers
Robbers steal poisoned cookies meant for constructon crew
Chapter eight
Police come, arrest star crossed lovers
Maggie and old lady clear Star’s things out of the house
Star in jail
Chapter nine
Old couple salt the site with human remains
Thing two is very depressed, decides to go off to rehab again
The old lady has a dream
Chapter ten
Strong storm comes up, the dog finds thing one
The tree blows down in the storm
The third curse
The old couple buries thing one in a piling
Part 2
Chapter 11
Workers hit water unexpectedly
The old lady digs the spring out
Maggie and the old couple visit star in jail
It rains for two days
Lightning hits the new crane
Chapter 12
Forman becomes part of the family
The old lady loses her thirst for revenge but can’t resist a dig
The star crossed boy gets out of jail and flees to a militia in north carolina
Star crossed lovers’ house is seized and prepared for auction
Human bones are found on site, the archeologists are called
Chapter 13
Star is out of jail, assigned to an asshole court officer
Case worker hits on her, she refuses, he threatens
Maggie starts seeing the developer.
Mexicans rounded up
Chapter 14
The old couple discover a cross burned into their garden with gasoline
The developer dumps Maggie
Maggie is arrested, cops find planted drugs and weapons, Star is taken into custody
It rains 4″ in 24 hours
Toxic waste result come back positive
Maggie finds another lump in jail
Bulldozer accident drowns worker
Chapter 15
Probable cause is found based on anonymous testimony
The city comes out to investigate a complaint about the old man’s wolves
Thing Two sends back letters from rehab
Maggie gets out of jail, the men decide to get even
Part 3
Chapter 16
Maggie has a mastectormy, and is in bed for Star’s court appearance
Hurricane damages structure
Maggie becomes addicted to pain killers, hides from sight
Chapter 17
Star being piss tested weekly, maggie quits smoking dope too
Old lady nurses Maggie
Fire on construction sit damages beams
Chapter 18
Star is depressed, sleeps all day, hopeless
Maggie struggles to quit smoking dope
The Gayes have trouble over their house renovation
Maggie’s ex boyfriend is questioned by police as they dig for more
Chapter 19
Maggie is in court, secret testimony makes it look worse
The men discuss the case
Chapter 20
Thing One is discovered, major delay to work around flaw
Thing Two returns
Forman declares his love for Maggie
Maggie loses her self-consciousness
Chapter 21
Worker falls from fourth floor
The star crossed boy returns
Maggie is back to smoking dope. She hides, and accidently falls off the roof and dies
Chapter 22
Star is devestated
The old lady is devastated
Chapter 23
Setting the trap: Altman, Baorney, Gordon, Forman
Altman takes care of the worlf problem
Construction site features on unsolved mysteries
Part 4
Chapter 24
Maggie’s house condemned
Construction foundation settles
Old lady and star go into tailspins in the same house. Lessons
Chapter 25
Making sense of Maggie’s death
Resetting priorities
Thing Two reveals what Thing One told him
Chapter 26
Trap is sprung on informer. Wolf
Fire at family Nextor’s, Thing Two to the rescue
Thing Two and old man are injured
Chapter 27
Developer’s part is discovered
Old lady nurses old man, Star runs everything else
Star crossed boy is arrested for not wearing his seat belt
Developer arrested
Worker electrocuted
Chapter 28
Old couple live in last house on block, forman quit and is renovating only other house, Star goes to community college
New neighbors, new targets
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