Scenes Chapter 1

1)
A young boy of about 11 is setting traps in the woods, when he chances upon a strange sight of soldiers.

He is frightened when he hears them speaking in an unknown language, he begins to run back to his village though the woods.

Several times, strong arms reach to touch and catch him when he falls. Men are laughing and having great sport with the child, but he escapes.

Entering the village, he runs home to inform his mother of the sighting, she in turn pales and hurries to inform the elders.
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The details of this scene will include the kid smashing one of the soldiers in the face as he holds the boy too long and incites panic in the boy. The other soldiers will be laughing at the little tykes poor victim. Rage fills the soldiers face as he moves quickly to punish the boy for his offense, only to have one of his comrades strike the soldier away from the boy and facilitate his escape.

The point here is that the three act play is here in it's entirety. Tranquil beginning, the inciting moment, escalation of tension or increasing the stakes and resolution, all in outline form.

This is one of about four scenes which will make up the maser scene of which there should be at least four or five per chapter. Call it sixteen to twenty pages per chapter.

All of this process is currently seriously out of order, but will be made right when the real construction of the story begins. Chalk this post up to everything being in the idea stage and my not following the snow flake plan in a linear manner.

Why would I have a boy of an age, whom we would barely credit with the ability to wipe his own nose out setting traps and snares? Simple. No iPods. This was a time when there was no luxury of education beyond that which might help you survive. The boy's family would not just welcome his inputs to the dinner table, they would have demanded he earn his keep from the time he was able to demonstrate the ability to pick a head of wheat. The boy's father, or perhaps uncles or other siblings would be charged with his training and would have expected he become competent rapidly.