@ellenmorrisprewitt There's a wonderful process #HarukiMurakami writes about in #1Q84, where a novelist character writes difficult scenes by over-doing it (lots of florid detail, everything that comes to mind), then under-doing it (stripping away everything considered absolutely not essential), and then repeating expansions and contractions until he reaches a point where the text lacks nothing and contains nothing extra.

I've tried it, with good results. #AmWriting #RainyDayActivity #Fiction