Writer's dilemmas

I picked up a Writer's Digest Genre Writing Series How To Write Romances by Phyllis Taylor Pianka at the Goodwill. It has some succinct advice which I am taking to heart. Lo and behold it talks about the too frequently used opening scene "where the heroine is arriving in (some sort of conveyance) and has time alone to think about why she is there and what is about to happen." Unknowingly, I have done that. Can I change it and reflect back to the things that were accomplished in that scene, probably, More importantly, can it get me a many words closer to the first critical scene? Yes. So, back to the drawing board, or the computer. I will give it a try and see what happens. There is a good description of a fellow traveler in there I hate to lose, so I might have her remember her ride while lying in bed? considering her fate? talking with her father? Writing is not for whimps!