Murdered darlings and wedding advice
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mrissaEdward's reaction to another character's death was a beautiful and affecting piece of writing, if I do say so myself. Unfortunately (well, not very unfortunately, from some perspectives), that character does not, in fact, die in this version of this book. Oops. So it's a darling that just plain has to be murdered.
Some people have talked about saving those bits, but I don't put them in a "cut bits" file. I just ax 'em. I can't figure what I would want it for. It's a dead end. It doesn't fit. It's not the shape of the story as I understand it now, and if the story shape was to change again, it wouldn't change back. Never once have I cut something from a story of any length and later thought, "Wait, I want that back." It's just not how my brain works, I guess. I can't see my way clear to how it would even work.
Have I mentioned that these characters are not the nicest people in the world? You'd be perfectly safe with them in a dark alley, but broad daylight, uff da.
Also, do you think it's okay to wear black to a wedding, in general? How about patterned stockings -- subtle patterns yes, fishnets no, or some other division of acceptable wedding wear? And boots: sometimes, never, occasionally but not generally, any time you feel like it, what? This is not a wedding wherein I am any kind of important person -- "groom's first kindergarten crush" doesn't usually get listed under "flower girl," so it's not like I'm setting the tone for anyone in particular beyond myself. But being around people from my more distant past makes me a little confused.
One of you asked how I decide what to post and what not to post. Elephino. I just...do, I guess. I've heard this asked about what one puts in a novel and what one doesn't, too, and the simple answer is that the things you put in a novel are the things that go there, and the things you don't put in a novel are the things that do not go there. Aren't you glad I was here to clear these things up?
Some people have talked about saving those bits, but I don't put them in a "cut bits" file. I just ax 'em. I can't figure what I would want it for. It's a dead end. It doesn't fit. It's not the shape of the story as I understand it now, and if the story shape was to change again, it wouldn't change back. Never once have I cut something from a story of any length and later thought, "Wait, I want that back." It's just not how my brain works, I guess. I can't see my way clear to how it would even work.
Have I mentioned that these characters are not the nicest people in the world? You'd be perfectly safe with them in a dark alley, but broad daylight, uff da.
Also, do you think it's okay to wear black to a wedding, in general? How about patterned stockings -- subtle patterns yes, fishnets no, or some other division of acceptable wedding wear? And boots: sometimes, never, occasionally but not generally, any time you feel like it, what? This is not a wedding wherein I am any kind of important person -- "groom's first kindergarten crush" doesn't usually get listed under "flower girl," so it's not like I'm setting the tone for anyone in particular beyond myself. But being around people from my more distant past makes me a little confused.
One of you asked how I decide what to post and what not to post. Elephino. I just...do, I guess. I've heard this asked about what one puts in a novel and what one doesn't, too, and the simple answer is that the things you put in a novel are the things that go there, and the things you don't put in a novel are the things that do not go there. Aren't you glad I was here to clear these things up?
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Date: 2006-08-31 10:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-31 10:57 pm (UTC)At some point, most of our social circle was "some person I know online," and in only a very few cases did someone we already knew in person introduce us (as with you), and in those very few cases, it was mostly someone to whom we had never been properly introduced in the first place.
If we were waiting to start chains of acquaintance based on introductions from people I'd known in person...we'd wait awhile, is what.