Hey Penny smile

You've got a good point, tho -- a story really needs to take on some kind of life of its own. The trick for me, I think, is knowing when to rein in the story, and when to let it run. And then editing, too.

PJ
who should be writing instead of writing about writing...

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K