From my writing journal, back in October:

Start the first scene in the coney, as it is now. Describe the place, and the people, and Seth’s worry about Susan’s state of mind. Open near the end of their visit and bring the run-in with Adam closer to the beginning.

This was the second time that I started a rewrite of Adam’s Name, so I was on the line about whether I just needed to chuck the piece or if it could be fixed. I had tried to rewrite the conversation-via-journal as regular conversation, but it still felt choppy and forced. It was a few more months before I felt the urge to revisit it, this time with the idea to include structure, as well as dialogue, in the rewrite.  So far, the story has done nothing but improve.