I will never think of them as lies; they're stories about how the world could be. There could be fields of dental floss growing wild in Montana. Those movies could be from back when the world was in black and white, before color was invented. There are friendly monsters in the closet and under the bed, and cats can talk, they just don't feel like it right now. There are secret doors that lead to magical lands, and someday I will find the right word of power to say when I close my eyes and snap my fingers or twitch my nose. Of course I'll be able to cast spells. Of course I can be anything I want to when I grow up.

None of these are lies. Lies are things that aren't true.

Oh, Jilli. That's perfectly turned. Thank you. And please say thank you to the devilbunny for me, as well. I shall see what I can do about bringing my back stock of mind control lasers to the F2F.

Jilli, I love your take, because I don't really have anything angry or hurtful for this topic. I almost don't have anything fanciful like your own, either.

Karl, I can feel your piece in my belly. Ooof.

Maybe I should write about a white one...like if I'm myself, people will like me. Well, now, but at sixteen? Because I was this, pretty much, though I tried not to be, then.

Jilli's drabble makes me t heart her even more than I did before, and that's saying something.

Karl, your piece is powerful regardless of its "truth" in reality. Yes, of course it helps me to know you better--I believe that stories are the only way we really ever learn each other.

In meme news, I know I haven't been posting drabbles in months despite some kick ass topics. I've felt...just...blocked lately. I guess it shouldn't be surprising given the overwhelming changes in my life this year, but it's frustrating. Is there a master list of all the drabble topics? Eventually I want to go back through and do a drabble for all of the ones I missed.

Writers, do any of you use the Master Document feature in Word to create chapters, or do you just keep writing straight through without separating chapters?

I've always used a separate document for each chapter while writing. Not sure why. Just seems easier to me.

Of course, not a pro, so not sure how much my methods really matter.

Master Document is notoriously buggy.

Of course, long docs in Word are also notoriously buggy.

Suggestions, Dana? Or do I just weep?

Definitely avoid Master Document. I've never heard anything good about it. I like the idea of keeping chapters in separate documents. You might also have an easier time with long documents (100 pages or more) if you don't have a lot of formatting. The stuff I work with usually has lots of numbered lists and the like, and they have a bad tendency to reset themselves or change numbers spontaneously.

Edit: And, of course, save constantly and back up obsessively.