Robyn - stream of consciousness

Within a few days of completing the draft of “Robyn,” I realized one of the scenes near the end did not pack the emotional power it needed. The character is so upset, so confused, and so emotionally turbulent that standard writing can’t convey it. I concluded I have to rewrite it as a stream of consciousness (SOC). In SOC the narrative flows as if it is the internal thoughts, impressions, and feelings of the character. This is difficult for the writer to do and even more difficult for the reader to understand. In this format normal writing structure, transitions, and punctuation are thrown out. In fact, James Joyce at the end of his novel, “Ulysses,” uses almost no punctuation, capitalization, or paragraphing. You can sometimes pick out sentences by the flow of the words, but very often it deals in clauses, phrases, or exclamations with no punctuation to help. It takes forever to read one page. In order to prepare myself to tackle this, I began reading articles about SOC on the internet and I ordered a home study course on James Joyce’s “Ulysses.” I am up to lecture 14 of the 24 lecture course. It’s not a course on SOC, but in explaining what Joyce was doing I get a feel for how his style works (which includes a lot of SOC).
I am not going to do the typical interior dialog of SOC. I am getting out of the limited confines of my character’s mind by turning it into an exterior dialog, where she walks around a hospital room, interacting with the things in the room and the other occupant of the room. Since the other occupant is in a comma, I avoid verbal and nonverbal interaction with character. This allows me to do some things that will make the scene easier to follow. I am experimenting with it now, but will wait until I finish the “Ulysses” course before I take it straight on.
Meanwhile, as that scene expands, I realize I am going to have to redo almost the entire final chapter.