My god, ita. You're just all about the sensory, aren't you? Your drabbles bring it, scent and the quality of light, the weight of sun on the skin, dust on a child's bare feet. They're marvelous.

connie, yours about the berries...about the ripe one after the others.

You're all making me hungry.

wrod...

Deb, insent.

Backsent, bebe. I'll curl up with it later today, if that's OK. I do have some suggestions for trimming, largely stylistic.

Jeffrey Dahmer: I'm finding myself wishing that my creativity was a bit less like Cordy's visions...Ok, it doesn't hurt, but writing something always kind of starts off like "I see a girl and she's in trouble," as opposed to "I'm gonna write about (thing) (Thing) (Thing) Is that something a person learns, or is it something to do with the way I think? Will practice help?

erika, I'm not sure why it would be a problem, unless you think you're not an "organic" writer by nature. I mean, the story can flow from the original picture in your head; where it gets tricky is if you have trouble seeing the connections between said character's point A to point B, point B to point C, etc.

I guess that is the problem that the Cordy seeing the vision doesn't really have a Wesley to say "Then what happens?"(And pardon my pathetic metaphor) But I do have some trouble connecting my dots, yeah.

Have you tried sitting down, focusing on the image, and then freewriting for several minutes? It's amazing how much your subconscious will make up when you force it to.

P-C's suggestion is a good one. I also rec drabbling these days, to sort out a scene or a connection.

You're suggesting that if I sat with the picture a little longer instead of trying to "transcribe" what I'm getting as fast as I can, which is what usually happens, to be honest, the "picture" might be clearer. Am I right? Just trying to make sure I understand...