Reviving Darlings

Today, for the third day of NaPoWriMo, I decided to revive some of my previously discarded darlings.  Some poets call them their murdered darlings (or babies).  Either way (or whatever terms you may use), they are the lines or phrases which you have edited out of your previous work after many long hours of fretting how you could keep them.  I keep a running list on my computer, because that's where I do my editing.  But I also have some sprinkled through my journals - those are the ones who don't even make it to the editing phase.  Also in my journals, I keep those phrases and lines who have come to me while driving, at the gym, or walking.  I may scribble them onto a random scrap of paper first, but then put them in the journal for safe keeping - sometimes, I transcribe them, but, most times, I just tape the scrap into the journal.  It helps to remind me of the moment of conception for it - and helps later on when I'm working it into a piece or building something new around it.