The Vinca minor in my garden produces bright periwinkle blue flowers, not to mention it is an aggressive ground cover. It has crept into my row of lavender plants. Grrrr. Not what I intended when I planted the Vinca. This means hours of painstaking hand weeding and I foresee this will be a situation I will have to address on a continuous basis.
The Vinca is doing a great job of covering the north side of the berm; however the lavender is planted along the crown of said berm, and I didn’t realize this sweet little vine would spread so fast. It’s trying to take over!
In writing, background information on a character, can creep in like a determined ground cover and take up several scenes before the writer realizes what the heck just happened. Needless to say I am weeding both plants and words this month. Somehow I managed to transform parts of the lengthy back story into a scene with dialogue, and will drop in the rest of the information in upcoming scenes.
This process isn’t easy since I love the back story and have held on to it for months. I have to thank one of my eagle eyed critique partners to reveal the obvious….silly me, I thought I could slip it by her professional eyes. NOT.
This back story is important to the main protagonist. I have ripped it all apart and put it back together as the opening scene which introduces this character. I had to fast forward the motive of the character for the scene and I think it works much better.
Weeding plants and words is never ending ;D
PS. The Hellebore is a well behaved and beautiful plant, flowering in spring's chilly weather.
