Dreaded rewrites

When an idea goes flat. That really sucks. I try to flesh out an idea in the draft and see where it goes. Sometimes I seem to get off base and try to correct it, only to end up scrapping the whole scene. Wasted effort, wasted time, but if I don’t like where the scene is headed why bother continuing? If I counted up the hours on the initial premise and the initial outline, it would be just a fraction of the time spent fleshing out the scene. The characters are the easy part, the journey is the tough part!