mmerriam: (rewrite)
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I just hacked out a major sub-plot, ripping it from the manuscript and tossing it on the butcher block, where I took my axe and chopped it into component parts. Some of those component pieces will be tossed back into the mix of the manuscript to stew and simmer. Other pieces will be stuffed down the garbage disposal and spoken of no more.

Date: 2007-02-27 06:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cartazon.livejournal.com
Gosh...I never realized writing was such a violent process. Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong...

Date: 2007-02-27 06:14 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] mmerriam.livejournal.com
Sometimes manuscript surgery requires a scapel and a subtle slice. Sometimes it requires a chainsaw and reckless abandon!

Date: 2007-02-27 07:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cartazon.livejournal.com
For some reason, I'm reminded of the line from Army of Darkness: "It's a trick. Get the axe."

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