Sherlock Holmes one says that the most complicated matters turn out to be the simplest. I explore how that works in writing.

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Just me, musing about what I enjoy about writing.

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What I intend for a scene, and what I actually write, don't often match. How do I adapt to that?

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After an evening typing, I finished one section and began looking at another. Here's what I had to consider.

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Not quite yet. I wrote a section that was in the pan, but that didn't work out as I intended. Here's why I didn't delete it.

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How do some themes develop themselves? How complex should a story be? Let the topic decide... And maybe let Sherlock Holmes advise you on that.

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This one is less about above, more about how I can't get a break to actually write these days.

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Somewhat. We want real characters, but those aren't just in adult books.

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"Love what you do, and you'll never work a day"? No, not at all. Love what you do, and work to make it happen.

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I studied what a line editor does. And now I can't stop. 
But I think it is helping improve my writing.

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