POST NO. 5.
OUTLINE OF CHAPTERS & THEIR PURPOSE
The first chapter of A Hint of Darkness opens with Ellie
meeting her great grandmother Daisy. Daisy is Emmaline’s granddaughter and by
entrusting Ellie with Emmaline’s journals she was the necessary link between the two women.
The journals also provided me with the means to relate the
details of Emmaline’s childhood at Chateau
Fontenay in the Yarra Valley. The
vineyard is the realization of Papa’s dream & was to be her legacy.
Emmaline & not her brother Thomas had learned the art of viticulture, she
shared his love of the land the loss of her inheritance became a central theme.
Her hatred of her mother and the desire for revenge are driving forces
throughout the story and are pivotal to the plot.
The unfolding of the events leading up to her present
situation took place over many chapters until gradually Emmaline’s journals
related entirely to her present time.
Each chapter was devoted entirely to either Emmaline or
Ellie. My decision in when I would bring about a transitional link was
influenced by the events which were taking place in each of the stories.
In order to achieve the final layout I outlined the basics
of each chapter and how best to fit the
literary puzzle together so that the story retained momentum.
In my final edit I took the story full circle so that A Hint
of Darkness concluded with Ellie.
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