Doing the Tourist

The Cossmass Audio play writing is coming to the climax of the first set of episodes. That climax takes place in Edinburgh Castle. So, to make sure I can have people coming out of the right doorways for the final showdown, I went through and spent the afternoon in the Castle.

My initial idea for how people were going to appear has been totally blown out of the water. I do have lots of photos to help me rework this however. Including the possibility of moving the scene from Crown Square, right at the top of the castle, to outside the New Barracks. Needs thought.

Why does the physical layout matter when it's audio? Well, if I get it really wrong, which I would have done going by my original idea, then anyone who knows the layout of the castle knows it's wrong. Admittedly, not many people are likely to meet that criteria. The other issue is that I'm on the verge of trying my hand at rewriting it as a graphic novel. When you start intorducing pictures, then the importance of getting it right becomes more important. I mean, this stuff is virtually on my door step. It's not that much effort to get it right.