Pulling The Plug

[poliphilo]

I stare at my two year old novel in disbelief. I wrote this? The horror, the horror! It's broke all the way through, unfixable. Then the heroine, who's taking a bath, reaches out for the chain with her toes and pulls the plug. And suddenly she's alive again and I can write dialogue for her and the old joy-in-creation has returned.

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[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

I can write dialogue for her and the old joy-in-creation has returned.

I'm glad you found a spot where you could start again.

The horror, the horror!

Do I ever know what you mean. This includes, for me, most of my college stuff (thankfully lost for years), including an unbelievably pretentious sequel to Paradise Lost. Only a nineteen-year-old would be so bold!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's good news. It was only the beginning that didn't work. I've cut about 2,000 words, added bits here and there and things are looking OK. I think the bulk of the novel will need very little revision.

A sequel to Paradise Lost? Oh my!

[kaysho.livejournal.com]

The Devil may be in the details, but it's there that the angels reside as well. :)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes.
"a crack in the teacup opens
A lane to the land of the dead."

[amritarosa.livejournal.com]

Neato- I just bought some Auden this week.

& I'm so glad this happened for you. I'm still waiting for my old script to catch spark again.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the script.

It would be good if there was some sure-fire way of firing up the imagination, but I've never found one. It's a mysterious, even spooky business.