Revert Exercise

Completed - 1629 words

Again, I was more successful with this assignment than what I expected. This one went a little better than last night's work but still isn't as strong as some of the others. But it is out and I got to work on Ballard this evening.

I picture him as an older man that I used to play volleyball with when I was younger. I don't know why. It is just what sticks in my head when I think of Ballard. I got to work on the self-doubt that eats at Ballard. I really want to drive that point home. He really is going to have to swallow his pride to ask Terese to be part of the case. This scene that I wrote starts to hash that out, so it is a good start in that respect.

I think tomorrow night is also going to be about Ballard. It may be rehashing some of the same ideas but I think Ballard needs to be the character that struggles with his past...his successes and his failures bother him. His ghosts dominate his life. His goal is going to be able to overcome them.