That Aha! moment

How do you know when you’ve got it right?

by Dietrich

Like many of us, I’ve never had trouble coming up with stories, and I usually have the next idea in my head before the story I’m working on is complete. At the beginning, I had these stories to tell, but I had to find the best way to get them out and onto paper. At that point, there was a lot of experimenting and second guessing. I would write a scene, and I’d look at it with fresh eyes the next morning — and wonder what I’d been thinking. A...