Of all the stories I've written so far, this one has had the longest gestation. Although I liked it from the start I never felt that I’d really said what I wanted to say and told the right story. I rewrote it, it went through the workshop, and I rewrote it again. And again. Then I more or less forgot about it and moved on. Every now and then I’d see it again and think I really should take a look at this again.
Eight years this one stayed in the drawer.
Finally I worked out what this story was about and saw that I hadn’t actually written it. Seeing those the flaws, all the mistakes, and ripping them out – that was great.
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