When the neat scene downloads into your conscious mind, and you tell yourself that you don't need to write down the plot points and bits of dialogue because you will remember them, do not listen to yourself.
Oh my god, that is so true! I've had a couple of great scenes come to me just as I'm getting ready for bed and am dead tired, and I tell myself that this is so outstanding there's no way I'll forget it. But of course the morning comes and I remember HAVING a great idea but not what the hell it was! So now I keep notebooks hidden all through the house so I can make my mad scribbles whenever I need to.
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Date: 2006-01-18 01:58 pm (UTC)I feel your pain!
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Date: 2006-01-18 04:08 pm (UTC)I have the flippin' notebooks. I even have a micro cassette recorder.
There's nothing quite so depressing as sensing that hole in your mind where the idea used to be.