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!

[kaysho.livejournal.com]

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