Dilemmas of Storytelling

Swinging round and around in my mind, nothing left, but some tired old rhymes.

I contin-you impressed with the lee-rical jest

it’s a game, not a theft

let it all be a rest

and go play like it’s putty

let’em all call you nutty

take a letter from the end, comeback later to attend

to the mess you created

let it all be related

and just claim it was intention

all the roads lead to perfection

of a finished poem or a story

celebrating in it’s glory

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And then read it later on

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Thinking about it now, why did I put that word in. Why did I let that bastard in? It doesn’t go well with chapter 10 when I said this, that, and then

he just jumped off the roof? Where did that skill come in? Did I introduce it somewhere, or was this plot armouring?

And what the hell is that? The other one jumped over too? An edit is way overdue

Did I say she’s crying over who?

it's important to move the plot forward, and give the reader some exposure to

emotional elements like sadness and love that budded and grew

over time when characters were pursued.

Like Bonnie and Clyde.

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To the scrap pile this goes, unless I pull magic out my...

I’m sitting at an impasse

Should I throw this in the trash?

It needs an edit masterclass

to save the story from becoming

another tree turned into ash.