DanielI've been lucky to continue writing #TheBookForNoOne in my downtime recently. Our two leads are having a discussion that I've long been mulling over in my head and, as I've said before, there are times when I'm writing the book and there are times when it's writing itself. This was firmly the latter, because as I stood there writing it (we nurses rarely sit), it turned out completely opposite the way that I had always envisioned it.
I had always intended for the scene to result in He making a sacrifice for She, and though it was fully in character for him (and He certainly did try), in the moment I wrote it, the decision not to allow him to do what He intended to do ended up being a moment of growth that She needed. The flip-flop doesn't really affect my plans going forward and maybe even provides a better narrative backdrop to work with as we get closer to the finish line.