D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

I Need A Nap
Thu Nov 20 2003

I’m in here hiding out at the little desk in the cupboard this afternoon. It’s quiet in here. The only sound I can hear is the grandfather clock chiming the ¾ hour.
I’m feeling kind of melancholy if you can believe this, because I reached a pivotal point in my novel where the main character is going through a crisis. He’s behaving like a total _ _ _ and I’m feeling sorry for him. I can tell it’s going to take me a couple of days to write him out of this problem. I don’t want to work any more on it today, because my eyes are tired from looking at the computer screen for so long. I am considering writing the next section by hand and then dictating it with Dragon. It will take longer, but oh my poor eyes, they need a break!

I’m surprised though at how the story is effecting me. Up until now I was just cranking out the plot sort of on auto pilot, but now this guy is starting to mean something to me. I didn’t count on this happening. I wasn’t prepared for it. What's going to happen to him?

I just looked at the condition of this desk. It is covered in dust. I’ll have to go get the furniture polish and give it a swipe after a while. I guess that’s what happens to you when you are in a closet all the time, people forget about you.

The clock just struck one. Is it time for a nap yet?


6 Comments
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Nov 20 2003
    I've heard other writers say that their characters come to life and begin directing the story. So I guess you just talk to him and find out how he wants to handle the problem.

    I saw an automobile today, a small SUV I think, bright yellow, with the license plate RUBR DKE, and on the rear window was a profile of a yellow duck. I thought of you.

    Shalom
  • From:
    Sezrah (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Nov 20 2003
    poor character, here's hoping you can write him out of his problems soon ;)
    what i'd like to know is: do we get to find out what your story was about at the end of all this?

    sez
  • From:
    BillyTeabags (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Nov 20 2003
    I'm really curious to know what that Dragon program is like. It would be neat if you could dictate a paragraph and then post it exactly as the program wrote it out. That way I could get a better idea of how it works.
  • From:
    RealmOfRachel (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Nov 20 2003
    Enjoy your nap, I'm sure you won't let anything too horrible happen to your character.

    Love
    Rach xx
  • From:
    AQuietEvening (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Nov 20 2003
    I think connecting with your character is a good thing, perhaps it's an indication that your reader will too.

    ~QE
  • From:
    Sezrah (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Nov 20 2003
    your story on openfiction, now there's a neat idea!
    either that or just tell us what happens when you're free to and the comp is over. i'm just curious about your poor character!! (nosey eh)
    keep up the great work

    sez