Don't you hate it when . . .

[abelina]

. . . you were writing a scene but had to leave to do something in town (appointment, whatever), and while you're out, your mind comes up with THE PERFECT bit of dialogue or description or whatever to complete the scene.  So you're out and about and think over the idea for a little bit, figuring that you'll just be able to go and write it when you get home, but when you get there, you can't remember exactly what it was - what was that word?  Did Spike say this or that?

This happened to me today.  I was floating down a river in an inflatable boat and thought of a great bit of dialogue for one of the fics I'm writing, and now I just can't get it to sound/feel like what I came up with.

:(

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[abelina.livejournal.com]

I did a voice recording into my MP3 player while driving once for the very same reason. I've also used my digital camera in the same setting and wound up with some lovely video of my thighs while I recorded myself speaking whatever brilliant idea I'd come up with.