NaNo 2008 Day 12: An exchange is posted
As is the wont with NaNoWriMo and the writing of fiction in general, sometimes your story gets away from you, and you end up following these tangents to see where they end up. Witness:
Originally, the hero of my tale was to be the subject of an academic paper, examining his output before and after a pivotal visit to a remote area. That got pushed aside in the first 10 pages because I was running out of ways to sound smart. I was still going to send my hero to this place, and he was going to fall hopelessly in love with a barmaid, and live happily ever after. But no! The hero’s friend chimed in early on, before plans were made to head to the remote area, that his girlfriend wanted to introduce the hero to her cute friend at a party. And maybe he’d still head to that remote area, but with cute friend in tow.
But what’s this? Now he’s been picked up by a cute librarian the hero met on the subway, and the whole trip thing is in jeopardy. I hardly recognize this story anymore!
Anyways, yesterday I was doing some serious catching up, and towards the end, I wrote a disgustingly cute text message exchange. Seriously, if I knew two people who were having this exchange, I’d vomit all over them.
T (The Hero): Vulcan death grip or Jedi mind tricks?
C (The Cute Librarian): Jedi – would use it for good, not evil.
T: Depends on what kind of evil it would be used for >:)
C: Am getting image of using powers on Han Solo
T: You are wicked and evil and I like how you think
C: I am a little wicked, not so evil, and I like how you smile
T: I am definitely wicked, not at all evil, and I like your dimples
(Background: the exchange started with a discussion of what was better - Star Wars or Star Trek, and it’s descended into an exchange of something-Star-Trek-related vs. something-Star-Wars-related. I’ve pretty much run out of ideas for this-or-thats, so any suggestions are welcome.)
Funny enough, this is how Dave and I actually talk to each other. Imagine. You will be spending all that time with us…
November 14th, 2008 at 3:49 pm