Arbitrary arithmetic
no one says “your first thousand Photoshop-edited photos will be garbage, throw them away” so why do we say it to beginning writers?
no one says “your first thousand Photoshop-edited photos will be garbage, throw them away” so why do we say it to beginning writers?
I think the problem of plot snarls is a lot like knitting: you’re continuing merrily along, sometimes with a pattern, sometimes just making a big ol’ scarf, and you get to the end of a line and realize you’re missing a stitch.