The French call it "l'esprit d'escalier," stairway wit. The witty thing you should have said that occurs to you only as you descend the stairs at the end of the evening. As a novelist, I find that I have staircase thoughts about each of my books, starting with my first novel, published in 1995.
Monday, June 30, 2014
Digging Deep
When you're writing, you have to dig deep. Also true if you drop a piece of popcorn between the seats.
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