problem is, i don't want to torch it, i want to make friends with it and keep it in a nice-lined box and make it wear a funny hat and call it booboo-fritter.

Booboo-fritter, huh? Interesting....

Maybe it's just not time yet? Maybe you just need to let it stew a little more?

didn't i just say in a post earlier that i don't tend to talk about my writing as if it were alive?

Glad you decided to join the club! :)