I have the story, the editor is asking for it, and I'm putting the final touches to it
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The story, in the planning stages, has a secondary theme running, that of the players involved in the events leading up to the assault on our main character, one that his handler was not aware of.
Why was he marked for execution, along with his previous partner?
That's another story, one that will be teased out in this secondary theme and will run full circle and have some bearing on what happens at the end of the story.
Or not.
I'm not sure I will include any of this, and it might just become part of a novella that will stand on its own. For the most part, a lot of this story is about, and driven by, people he's never met, but know of him, and his work.
It would be too easy to say he saw something he shouldn't, because that's not the case. It has to do with people he has worked with and been responsible for in the past, and whether or not there had been a conversation, without understanding the relevance of what might have been discussed at the time.
That part is nebulous at best, and you can see why it might not make the final cut.
It simply depends on how the main story goes, and the word count at the end. The rough plan calls for about 80 chapters and about 70,000 words, but I'm not one for sticking to plans.
Today's work centres around the partner his handler has chosen for him, one that he's not going to like when he finds out, the target he's been tasked to watch over, and the location of the conference.
Of course, getting back to work after what happened to him is not as easy as saying he's fine, but getting him to admit it's anything but fine will be like getting proverbial blood from a stone.
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Today's word count: 1,990 words, for a running total of 4,164.
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