Finished the first scene – although I definitely should not have stayed up this late (it’s past 3am now). I feel pretty satisfied with it. H has the beginning hints of a backbone despite her predicament, while HP shows concern and curiosity. There is a bit of both points of view. I felt they both needed to give a little insight. It does lead a bit like another story I’ve read but there are some crucial differences, one being that H does NOT want to be in the situation she is in. Secondly, the real princess is MIA which leaves me with plenty of room to decide whether she intentionally meant to disappear or was held back by other forces.
The tone is a bit mix of formal and informal. For some reason it reminds me of the Taming of the Shrew dialogue, where the snippets of bite are hidden in the bark. H and HP are testing one another. Or at least H is testing HP and is feeling (in her own words) “like a wall a few stones short.”
That’s it for now. I think tomorrow I’ll be taking a bit of a rest to catch up on sleep. It’s not easy with a 2 month old!
