Pico day 8

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

Here is the post for any comments, snippets or thoughts.

May the magic be with us all!

Comments

[saki101.livejournal.com]

There was very little writing-related activity today and most of what there was concerned a sequel to another story that I should not be thinking about. Ah, well. I edited the end of yesterday's scene. Here is a miniature snip.

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The gate opened onto the cobbled court of a mews, the old brick festooned with young ivy and the bare, sharp branches of rambling rose springing from terra cotta urns and metal tubs.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Sometimes other stories just crop up!

The description of the ivy and the rose branches is perfect, it makes the mews come alive.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

I wonder if it would be so persistent if I actually started writing it or if it's just a tease.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Those stories just breed like rabbits, don't they?

[saki101.livejournal.com]

They do!

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

I think the act of writing, no matter what piece one thinks one's working on, kick-starts all sorts of other ideas, which won't shut up until one pays them some attention.

Lovely description.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

It's one of the joys of pico, that doing something with writing every day gets everything buzzing. But getting them finished is another thing!

[avon7.livejournal.com]

Really like 'bare, sharp branches'

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I've been on a flower kick for nearly a year now. In one story, the thorny roses play a big part. This is probably an echo of them.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Sometimes what the muse wants to do is NOT what you want to...

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

An excellently vivid description there in just one sentence.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Still progress even if it is on the wrong stories...

Lovely image.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Yes. It's been doing it since then, too.