The more I reread the last bit ('cos I do that, compulsively), the less I hate it. Having so many people responding to it positively helps, no doubt. ;) I still see a lot of where it fell short, but I suspect I always will. That's just the way it goes, though; it's pretty much just my own issues that're hanging me up. I'm my own worst critic- as we all are, with our own work.
(But I do kinda like that line, too. That, and the one that precedes it. Fourth- or was it fifth- time through it, and I guess it finally all started to click again.)
And for what it's worth, I've started to hold onto even the deleted sections. There have been so many times in the past that I've wiped out a few paragraphs I was working on, rewrote, and only later realized that there was something I'd written in those deleted sentences that I could have potentially used. So I started up an RD Outtakes file; anything that is taken out of the main document goes there, and it's already proven it's worth. Even if I don't use the exact lines, it's nice to be able to look back on the process, and what I was originally trying to say. As you've pointed out to me before, sometimes it's not a matter of the material being wrong. Just being in the wrong place, at the wrong time. So it's all there. And I can access it whenever the time comes around. :)
Thanks loads for hanging with me through that torturous scene. I know I must have been an enormous, whiny pain-in-the-ass, so you're a real hero for being as patient with me as you've been. And that's without mentioning the incredibly valuable commentary you gave me, which helped me find my focus again when I was flailing. I honestly don't know where this story would be without your input. But I do know it wouldn't be half so good. *cheers for Whimsey*!
(and I'll assuredly remind you when you hit your wall. I am completely at your service, for support, commentary, wild cheering- you name it. Among other things, it's always fantastic to watch you overcome- as you always do- and emerge victorious on the other side.)
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(But I do kinda like that line, too. That, and the one that precedes it. Fourth- or was it fifth- time through it, and I guess it finally all started to click again.)
And for what it's worth, I've started to hold onto even the deleted sections. There have been so many times in the past that I've wiped out a few paragraphs I was working on, rewrote, and only later realized that there was something I'd written in those deleted sentences that I could have potentially used. So I started up an RD Outtakes file; anything that is taken out of the main document goes there, and it's already proven it's worth. Even if I don't use the exact lines, it's nice to be able to look back on the process, and what I was originally trying to say. As you've pointed out to me before, sometimes it's not a matter of the material being wrong. Just being in the wrong place, at the wrong time. So it's all there. And I can access it whenever the time comes around. :)
Thanks loads for hanging with me through that torturous scene. I know I must have been an enormous, whiny pain-in-the-ass, so you're a real hero for being as patient with me as you've been. And that's without mentioning the incredibly valuable commentary you gave me, which helped me find my focus again when I was flailing. I honestly don't know where this story would be without your input. But I do know it wouldn't be half so good. *cheers for Whimsey*!
(and I'll assuredly remind you when you hit your wall. I am completely at your service, for support, commentary, wild cheering- you name it. Among other things, it's always fantastic to watch you overcome- as you always do- and emerge victorious on the other side.)