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Yesterday was a very weird day for me. I sat down and wrote the first scene of Chapter 11. It didn't work. I rewrote it. Repeatedly. It never worked.

Then I had an idea. The original version of the scene involved an assassin walking into the room and taking a shot at one of the characters. Meredith, being Meredith, reacts without thinking, leading to a dead assassin. The characters fort up, then the assassin's backups arrive and things get hairy until the cavalry shows up.

I decided the problem was breaking the action long enough for them to fort up, so the assassin's backup charges into the room the moment he goes down. From an action standpoint, it makes the fight much more interesting, and lets me show a hint of what Meredith can do in a fight.

But then something weird happened. Meredith ended up with two prisoners, one a bit better off than the other, but neither one is going to be running the Boston Marathon anytime soon.

At that point, I had to ask the question "What would Meredith do with prisoners in this situation."

The answer surprised the heck out of me. It apparently surprised the heck out of a lot of the other characters too.

Now, I'm worried about the scene.

Guess I have a question for my crit group this weekend.