So basically...I deleted everything I wrote during NaNoWriMo. Damn straight. The time period will be shortened now, down to just the two of them during their college years, and maybe even shorter than that (i.e. college 3rd and 4th year and a little more, maybe).
The most important scenes will be brought back by flashbacks and, in the instance of the ren character episode, recurring dreams. Since the core of my idea is still how one's family, friends, environment, etc. mold a person, I'll try to get the past to "echo" through as the characters go about their business in the "present."
This removes a lot of the awkwardness of like, hm, they are not going to meet each other for ten years, how should I make this sound like this is actually one story?
I think I'm going to have the first scene be one with Zhengbu in it, despite my brief but effective talk with Rohan/Charlotte about whether it's ok to have a non-main-main but still main character in the first scene (i.e. Chengdao). The tone should be set for the plot, not the "theme" I guess, and the plot is...er...well...it has something to do with the two of them finding their purpose in life and making something useful out of themselves. And figuring that out. But I still have to tie that into the "actual plot" of their imminent separation. Ye-ah. ...
I need to figure out what gym classes were like back then...(you will see why!)
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