The Ink-Pot and the Palette

The horticultural metaphors, they are keeelling me! But I know what you mean.

For what it's worth, my pal owzers gave me a scene idea that was so good I wrote it up and loved it. Charming as it was, though, it reiterated some points already made, and actually hindered my plot. But it was soooo yummy that I couldn't just prune it out. Late last night, after the struggles and the ice-cream reward, I suddenly knew where to put it. Not only would it forward the plot at that point, but it also filled a time-gap in the storyline that I'd been struggling with.

So I guess you could say I grafted it on a different branch.