The thing is, I'm almost always pleasantly surprised (either right then or later) by what I wrote. If it doesn't work out, I can always come back to it later, once I see where the story is going. Things go better when I dive right in and write the thing, rather than leaving a placeholder. I'm not sure whether that affects what I write, but it sure does affect how I feel when I'm writing. Instead, it's me as writer, from outside the story, trying to control it.Īnd when I come back later to fill in the placeholders, I always feel as if I'm more in authorial or editorial mode than in creative voice. That impulse means that I've lost contact with the story and with the character. (I'm explicitly focusing on my own reaction on this first point, because what I'm saying is very much a matter of personal taste.) I shudder at the idea of leaving placeholders in a manuscript. Once you get to the end of the book, then you can go back and flesh out these holes. in my head, while I'm on the treadmill), go back and jot them down in the same half-assed fashion. As you're working on the rest of the book, if lines of dialogue come to you (I tend to write pages and pages of it. You can go back later and actually write the scene out. Beth counters that she waited tables briefly in HS. Remember: Alanna should mention her sister in Nevada who's a waitress. End result is that waiter gets a tip somewhere between big and insane, so neither B nor A is quite satisfied. Show how Alanna is generous/impulsive, Beth more cautious. Alanna wants to give the biggest tip she can afford Beth thinks a large but not insane tip is enough. They discuss if they should give him a big tip to make sure the boss doesn't dock him. Write the notes of what you want to accomplish.īeth: Wow, that was really nice of the waiter.Īlanna: Do you think the boss will punish him for that?
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