LIKE SOMETHING THOUGHT TO BE HOT COMPARED TO SOMETHING HOTTER

[wayfaringwordhack]

After checking out that particular gem from To Be Undone, I'm not sure anyone is going to believe me when I say the rest of the story wasn't that bad. I was a bit down and out about the magnitude of suckitude I encountered in the opening, but there was lots of good stuff in the middle. The end fell apart, of course, because I had decided to rework some major things and so only sketched it briefly to give the story some form of closure. However, as I finished my read-through today, I got teary-eyed again and I chuckled...a lot. 

Tomorrow is going to be a day of reflection. I think I'm going to have to first go through my notes and retype them before I can get into the story. I *have* to work out some key things before I'm ready to push through with the rewriting. I'm starting to question the addition of another POV. Yes, a lot of reflection is needed.

Wish me luck, send me good vibes, and lots of tea and chocolate.

Now I'm off to get my booty kicked in a round or two of poker...or so says J. I feel like doing a little kicking myself.

Comments

[slmcgaw.livejournal.com]

That all caps sentence made me laugh. I had so much stuff exactly like that floating around my first draft of novel 2. It made it so funny - let me give you a really cool example so you will feel inspired
1. She bit her bottom lip, doubt smoothing her features as her eyes darted from the floor to Rune and back again. “They will know during SPECIAL TIME, when each person must register with WHOEVER.”

2. A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME PASSED before the bhellon started to rise. Rune strained on the ropes, pulling them into HOWEVER THIS CAN HAPPEN TO GET THE BHELLON STAIGHT.

And my favourite:
3. Shaking his head, he rolled back onto his bunk. “Put it this way; I’m the piece of crap he wipes his boots on. You’re the SOMETHING OR FREAKING OTHER I CAN’T THINK OF AT THE MOMENT.”

You are not alone.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

*rofl*

You understand! You so know what I mean! And you prolly just posted that so I will cave and let you read this wonderful, worthy-of-praise (not!) draft I'm holding onto so tightly.