That's a lot like mine, actually. Mine tend to be more action than dialogue, but unless a particularly awesome turn oh phrase comes to mind (I remember someone telling me about a writer who'd used the phrase 'a bouquet of flames'), I usually won't describe the setting aside from something like 'They were in a small room filled with books.'
And it's apparently pretty normal to go back and forth between two versions of a sentence if you like them both. I remember I used to have a lot of trouble with mid-flow editting, 'The afternnon sunlight danced on the lake's surface. No, wait, shimmered. Then again, danced does have a certain ring to it...' Besides, as long as you're creating something, I don't think any part of a person's creative idiosyncracies are pathetic. We've all got our habits and quirks and it's what makes writing so interesting as a craft.
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Date: 2009-05-10 10:35 am (UTC)And it's apparently pretty normal to go back and forth between two versions of a sentence if you like them both. I remember I used to have a lot of trouble with mid-flow editting, 'The afternnon sunlight danced on the lake's surface. No, wait, shimmered. Then again, danced does have a certain ring to it...' Besides, as long as you're creating something, I don't think any part of a person's creative idiosyncracies are pathetic. We've all got our habits and quirks and it's what makes writing so interesting as a craft.