This was the first time I'd made it and wow, it was tasty! Now I've got massive quantities of it to keep us going through the week. (The Italian in me doesn't know how to make small batches of anything.)
In other news, I wrote a scene in my WIP yesterday and then realized it didn't accomplish what it needed to do so I think I have to scrap it and start over. I hate deleting words. It's almost painful. But it needs to be done. I'll probably save the scene in a scraps file in case I can use part of it later. Do you do that or do you just send it into the ether?
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Gumbo Fabulous!
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I save the scenes in a file. I can't just delete whole scenes. It hurts too much. Hey, You should post that gumbo recipe. I'm always looking for something tasty.
ReplyDeleteI save scenes in a file, but have never gone back to look at them. I guess it just makes me feel better to keep them.
ReplyDeletePS. I gave you an "award".
Kwana, the recipe is basically throwing a bunch of stuff in a pot with a package of gumbo seasoning we bought last time we were in New Orleans. lol
ReplyDeleteI keep everything. What I usually do when I cut a large chunk out is I save the whole thing as a draft and move forward in my working copy. That way I still know where the missing chunk would go and how it flowed into the rest. *shrug*
ReplyDeleteThe last time I had gumbo was at a restaurant in New Orleans back in '92. The whole little crab leg sticking up out of it was startling (especially when I'd only ever had Campbell's gumbo).
I save all deleted scenes thinking I'll use them later. I never use them later. But I can't let go...
ReplyDeleteI save everything. There are previous versions of every manuscript I've ever written clogging up my Docs folder. Sometimes they come in useful, but mostly they just sit there.
ReplyDeleteGumbolicious! I make a big pot from scratch at least twice a year. I host a Mardi Gras party every year which includes a few other N'awlins favorites too (Etouffee, Jambalaya, Boudin, ect.). Two things awesome about Louisiana are the food and moi!
ReplyDeleteAs for scrapping or filing...I highlight the scene and cut/paste it at the end of my WIP until I get to the point that it either works out or gets canned. If I kept every scene I didn't use I'd need two more hard drives!
A couple of years ago when we had our first RD Ebook Challenge for Valentine's Day, I used a scene that I had scraped from one of my books.
ReplyDeleteIf there's one thing that I've learned from our economic crisis it's that we were wasting a lot of stuff. No more.
I always save my scenes. Heck, I save my sentences.
ReplyDeleteHaha
Sorry to hear you have to cut. That does stink. btw, did you change your background? Looks cool.
OMG! That looks Sooooo Good.
ReplyDeleteHope Hotrod is feeling better.