One of the reasons I keep a stock-pile of scenes (apart from the ghastly tendency to have inspiration for bits that belong the other end of the book already!) is that what flows onto paper/screen/dictaphone seems brilliant as it flows, looks utterly dire the next time I read it, and quite often proves to have some merit in the long term.
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on 2006-11-30 12:33 am (UTC)One of the reasons I keep a stock-pile of scenes (apart from the ghastly tendency to have inspiration for bits that belong the other end of the book already!) is that what flows onto paper/screen/dictaphone seems brilliant as it flows, looks utterly dire the next time I read it, and quite often proves to have some merit in the long term.