I rewrote Scene 11, originally in Pete’s POV to Suzan’s POV yesterday.  Originally, he bought a sexy, new convertible and daydreamed about the new intern at work.  Much of that had to go when I rewrote it from Suzan’s (his wife’s) POV.

She arrived home after a “meeting” and was blissfully happy and tired.  She asked about the car, gave a distracted “That’s nice” and went to bed, savoring the memory of her recent tryst.

That was the original rewrite.  Pretty blase and not much conflict, right?  Sure.  I could leave it like that, but if it didn’t matter, why have it at all?  I’d just about decided to leave it and move on to Scene 12, but last night as I was trying to go to sleep, it occurred to me, “Duh!  This is a very easy scene for conflict.  She just has to hit the roof when she realizes he’s bought a new car without consulting her.”  And I can work in so many of the other frustrations in their marriage that Pete has only thought about.  This is the perfect place to toss them out onto the stage.

So, I got up and scratched the basics into the notebook.  I added a little more this morning.  And, really, this is something I needed for other aspects of the book, too.  I think I still need some finishing touches, but I’m nearly ready to move on to Scene 12.