That's not because they don't flow with the story, but because they're not part of the story.
I think that gets to the definition you're using of "the story." The story as its own entity, a complete work. So if something *doesn't* help fill it out, by definition it isn't part of the story. That makes sense in my head...
I have had "missing scenes" and things I'll write down, knowing they're not part of the story I'm working on, but because they're part of the *world* that's forming in my head, I want to save them.
I know I've said before that I find your synaesthesia and linear process fascinating. I'm trying to learn as much as I can about other people's writing processes, and the challenge is to not assume that if I do it differently, I'm doing it wrong.
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Date: 2009-02-04 05:10 pm (UTC)I think that gets to the definition you're using of "the story." The story as its own entity, a complete work. So if something *doesn't* help fill it out, by definition it isn't part of the story. That makes sense in my head...
I have had "missing scenes" and things I'll write down, knowing they're not part of the story I'm working on, but because they're part of the *world* that's forming in my head, I want to save them.
I know I've said before that I find your synaesthesia and linear process fascinating. I'm trying to learn as much as I can about other people's writing processes, and the challenge is to not assume that if I do it differently, I'm doing it wrong.