beyond the wide world's end

I juggle it around in my head for a while, play with it -- like, I don't write linearly, at least not on paper (on the comp is another matter entirely). I'll write whatever scene I feel like writing, so if I want to write that scene, I'll write it. More often I'll juggle it around for a while, though, just playing with it. (For example, a scene in "The Last Open Door", the SAAB story, where Nathan pulls a knife on his mother -- I know that's going to happen, and that Cooper calms him down, but I'm trying to get a better feel for the characters, that sort of thing.)

If it's a dream scene, then I will scribble it down, as fast as humanly possible, but that's usually in shorthand, not straight out.

I'll take a picture of my writing sometime and put it online, but not today. (Fortunately, I have neat handwriting.)