tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post638398068151666751..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: The IdeaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-36685808812822527652015-06-24T00:47:12.792-04:002015-06-24T00:47:12.792-04:00I keep them all: character sketches, scenes, parti...I keep them all: character sketches, scenes, partials that stopped on page 5, everything. All in their own folders with the date I wrote them and what they were meant to be.<br /><br />I learned long ago I can return to one later and find a little piece that sparks the story to life. I recently finished a story that was four paragraphs I wrote eight years ago.<br /><br />Nope. I never throw anything away.<br /><br />FionaFiona L. Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13841487756522266914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-9908279217225645002015-06-23T15:08:33.218-04:002015-06-23T15:08:33.218-04:00I keep everything. Yes, I read my old scenes and ...I keep everything. Yes, I read my old scenes and partial stories. They sometimes turn into something, spark something else, or simply get returned to the file for next time. I should probably get rid of the paper files I have been keeping since high school, but every time I'm supposed to sort them I remember that only time I turned a short story in there into a novel and I keep the whole lot of them for another year. One of these days...Lucindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971148142067728807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-59668762223504430892015-06-23T14:05:38.435-04:002015-06-23T14:05:38.435-04:00I am a prime example of the plot/partial hoarder f...I am a prime example of the plot/partial hoarder from hell, lol. I save every. Freaking. One. In one form or another. To be honest, I rarely return to them, unless I'm clearing drives or doing backups. But I do keep them, and yes, they've proven more valuable than I thought, if only for inspiration or characters. I retrieved one recently that's proving to be the foundation for a novella that's due next month, rather than the full-length story I'd planned. And am I glad I saved it for the past six years!rainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04258822737734173873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-75554169327386941102015-06-23T08:02:03.974-04:002015-06-23T08:02:03.974-04:00What I like about ideas is that even if you don...What I like about ideas is that even if you don't use them as a basis for a story it becomes fuel, a catalyst of sorts for other things. Perhaps it's the location, or the friends, or the haunting.<br /><br />I like 'haunting' stories but many of them end too cut and dry for me. A real haunting always leaves a few mysteries behind. We can't know everything behind the veil. That's what make it surreal.Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.com