I think it was Stephen King who coined the phrase, in his wonderful book, On Writing. From memory, I think he meant that it if the phrase/sentence wasn't serving the story, it was best to cut it, no matter how fabulous it was. I've had to do it a few times; it's always torture.
Well done fir being fearless and saying whats good for you. Sometimes it can be a perfect bit of writing in the wrong place perhaps?
Or I sometimes find I drop my first few lines/pages and then the better ones appear less consciously, and write themselves. I have to get out of the way somehow. Same when I paint. The initial sketch gets my eye in, then the flow takes over.
Hollow bones it's said can let the spirit through.
I think it was Stephen King who coined the phrase, in his wonderful book, On Writing. From memory, I think he meant that it if the phrase/sentence wasn't serving the story, it was best to cut it, no matter how fabulous it was. I've had to do it a few times; it's always torture.
Well done fir being fearless and saying whats good for you. Sometimes it can be a perfect bit of writing in the wrong place perhaps?
Or I sometimes find I drop my first few lines/pages and then the better ones appear less consciously, and write themselves. I have to get out of the way somehow. Same when I paint. The initial sketch gets my eye in, then the flow takes over.
Hollow bones it's said can let the spirit through.
A crack , it's how the light gets in.