But did myself back onto MQM and moved it a bit forward. Not a lot, just 300 words. More rewriting than anything, but at least it was something.
It's a fight to not fall into one of my depressions. To keep myself focused on this story instead of the chaos being perpetrated by the political class' assholes and those who support either one side or the other. Both are so obnoxious, right now, I can't stand it.
I'm trying to use all of this in building Simon's story. He's spoken with an attorney who doesn't like him and gets the first hint that he'll have to build his own case against his arrest. I'm also including moments showing his love of books and cataloguing them and even how he packs them.
I almost want to make Simon younger, but he's resisting that. And he's right to. Him being elderly with his history and work available to use against him in the trial adds to the story. If I make him younger, it will seem more like he could win against the prosecution. But a quiet old man? He seems more like an easy target.
That's what shocks everyone. How strongly he is able to fight back. Not by brilliance or physical presence, but by simply refusing to give in and raising nonstop questions about what is being done to him.
I dunno...maybe he should win his court case.
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