J: Junking Writing You Still Like

Gah! Just realized I forgot a really simple word-building rule and 1k GREAT words need to get flushed. #writing #amwriting That's rough!

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Kate McIntyre (@KateMcBooks) February 28, 2015

Grr! Is there anything worse?

It’s one thing when you realize that everything you just wrote is terrible and you have to delete it. But it’s quite another when you loved it and you have to get rid of it anyway! Maybe it’s slowing the chapter down. Maybe the scene meandered away from the point and you can’t get...