I Need a Bigger Hutch

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Fruits Basket’s Momiji in Rabbit form

Plot bunnies are sweet, but they are the epitome of distraction. They’re way too tempting for their own good, trying to lure a writer off her current path.

When I can, I jot the bunny down in a notebook, on my Mac stickies, heck, even a scrap of paper will do (though I usually lose those).

Sometimes I check on my bunnies a little later and realize some of them weren’t as great as I thought they were. Those get set free.

But I hate the bunnies that get away. Maybe I got an idea while dreaming but forgot it by the time I woke up. Or, more likely, got it while I was driving and couldn’t write it down without risking a crash.

How do you deal with plot bunnies?