stillsostrange

dude. I have the same thoughts. *le sigh* This last novel, I gave up trying to be pretty and put plot ahead of pretty words, and eventually the plot got good enough to support some pretty words, but much of the novel is merely functional. The few pretty words were a long time coming; I spent 8 months working with all plot and no pretty. I think the final product is probably not as elegant because of it. Next project, I'm going back to pretty before plot and see if I can inject some sparkle into the prose. There's got to be some way to use the prosy writer in me as I figure out the plot. *furrows brow*