Lambeth Croak Book 2 - Scivener

I'm currently trying to get the first 50,000 words at least of the second book in the Lambeth Croak Series written by the end of next Friday and am finding it tough going. While I did do some planning I get a few scenes down and then think of something else that should have come before those scenes. I have a mac now rather than a PC and so am writing the book with Scrivener. The beauty of Scrivener is that you can move scenes around in outline mode and it changes the structure of your document for you.

Prologues

Not all writers use prologues but I find them useful for setting the scene in third person as the rest of the book is written in the first person. I find that using both a prologue and an epilogue a la Sue Grafton a good way of beginning and ending this type of book. So I thought I would give you all a taste of the prologue to the second book {remember this is first draft and subject to change} See what you think, I'd welcome any comments.

The hubbub and complaints were suddenly subdued by a loud scream. Everyone stopped, a if they were in a movie still or Remembrance Sunday had come early. The newly promoted Sergeant Hughes handed the keys and discharge forms to the constable next to him and went through to the post room.

The mail clerk was surrounded by a circle of people, most of whom were civilian employees. There were a couple of weary looking young constables who were there to hand over notes and voice tapes for transcription. Some of the clerks colleagues were sobbing with her, all had looks of horror on their faces. One turned towards Hughes, “It’s a head sarge, some bloody lunatic has sent us a head.”