Number of times I've wanted to slap Jay for the elitist, arrogant crap that falls out of his mouth:
4
Things about Donny that surprised me today:
He's popular!
He knows Kell's real name!
He has her phone number...?
Things that I was expecting to happen in this writing day, which didn't:
Kell going to Jay's place and, y'know, moving the plot forward...
Things I was NOT expecting to happen, which did:
Jay... pulling another idiotic stunt out of frustration/misguided jealousy/loneliness
Things I REALLY hope no one ever thinks are my own opinions:
Jay's outlook towards his private school
Jay's opinion of the girls who attend said school... wow, bitter much?
Jay's opinion of... well, everyone...
EDIT: Things I found out, and now have to go back and change:
The story timeline... which will mean a lot of tinkering with existing description/etc. See, the PSA contest deadline is the beginning of March... and since this story currently starts around the middle of March... yeah, I'll have to go back and work all that around the contest deadline so he has a reasonable time to actually paint something.
well ya know none of this surprises me. Especiall D having her phone number and being popular. What does surprise me -- no what I admire-- is you actually write and are surprised about what your fingers tap out. I don't think I'm that good a panster
ReplyDeleteWell, since I just found out I have to re-work my entire timeline... there are definite downsides to pantsing ;)
DeleteOn the plus side, I doubt there is a writer -- pantsing or otherwise -- who does NOT have to do that. I may have to remove a day from mine as it stands now, but that's not that big a deal. Even when trying to drive slowly, taking back roads and stopping whenever magic tugs one to stop and deal with Stuff, it is less than 4 days from new york state to Wyoming :)
DeleteDepends on how many times they have to stop & feed (your) Jay, as well ;)
Delete...what WOULD happen if he ran out of eggs...?
Hehehe. I actually poked that a little bit a few minutes ago :)
DeleteWe live in a world that doesn’t allow for easy certainties.”
“It can thometimeth, like about lunch?” Jay says shyly.
Charlie snorts at that. “What would happen if you didn’t eat for a day, kiddo?”
“I’d be really hungry,” he says after a most serious pause.
We live in a world that doesn’t allow for easy certainties.”
“It can thometimeth, like about lunch?” Jay says shyly.
Charlie snorts at that. “What would happen if you didn’t eat for a day, kiddo?”
“I’d be really hungry,” he says after a most serious pause.
... IOW, it's probably for the best if no one finds out :)
Hahaha, yup, I think neither Charlie, or the magician want to find out ;)
DeleteYou could always make up a contest if the seasons have an impact on the story. Or, you could mess with the tilt of the Earth to change the seasons...Or, time could be moving backward rather than forward for some fantastical reason...Or, Jay could realize that he was late for the contest after he finishes/intend to take just under a year to finish up his portrait. There are plenty of ways to fix this. ;)
ReplyDeleteHaha, 20,000 words into a Contemp, and BAM! suddenly... TIME TRAVEL!
DeleteI don't think I can do that :p Painters who suck emotions, yeah, I can write that... but sci-fi/fantasy (since I don't read those...) probably wouldn't turn out anything worth reading my first time around ;)
You are welcome to take up that challenge, though!