Please don’t beat yourself up if the plot of your story doesn’t leap from your head onto the page all neat and tidy. Sometimes it takes a lot of exploring and digging and pondering before your character is ready to fully share who she is and what’s bugging her. In every book I write, I generally throw out 200-300 pages of scenes and chapters that don’t work. Was that wasted effort? Of course not! It’s all part of the adventure.
— Laurie Halse Anderson
Needed this today! Wise words.
Reassuring to know even the masters go down some dead ends before reaching home.