Hm. Interesting. I don't really see the connection, but being compared to Wallace Stevens isn't ungood.
Oh! There was that time the blackbirds got baked into a pie, and you can drink wine with pie. Or something.
Saffron: You're a good man. Mal: You clearly haven't been talking to anyone else on this boat.
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Polter-Cow - Apr 18, 2004 9:34:15 am PDT #4020 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
deborah grabien - Apr 18, 2004 9:41:58 am PDT #4021 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Wondering if the connection isn't the linear nature of the thing point (or vignette) A, on to B, etc.
erikaj - Apr 18, 2004 9:56:22 am PDT #4022 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I really liked those, Poltercow, much better than, you know, looking at cherry blossoms and like that.
Deena - Apr 18, 2004 11:19:21 am PDT #4023 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I'm not sure what the connection is. I should have said, perhaps, that it engendered a similar feeling in me.
victor infante - Apr 18, 2004 12:21:23 pm PDT #4024 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Bopping in to share this thought:
Outlines are wonderful things, but once you stray from them, you are doomed.
I had written myself away from the outline on the novel, Nihilist Chic. That was OK, I thought, because I liked where it was going. So I followed the thread for awhile, and thought that, eventually, I would be able to bring it back pretty much to where I originally started.
I was terribly, terribly wrong.
The story has now come back to the place I originally plotted it to be, but is now about to go somewhere completely different. Again.
Damn thing has a mind of its own.
Polter-Cow - Apr 18, 2004 12:50:27 pm PDT #4025 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Damn thing has a mind of its own.
Yeah, they never behave themselves, do they? I've always had to fight the urge to rein the story in rather than let it take its course, because almost always, the best stuff turns out to be the stuff I hadn't planned out, the stuff that appeared out of nowhere.
erikaj - Apr 18, 2004 3:12:58 pm PDT #4026 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
the sucky part is, they refuse to write themselves.
Polter-Cow - Apr 18, 2004 3:21:35 pm PDT #4027 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What they do is write themselves when you're not looking, and when you look, they go hide in the closet.
Jesse - Apr 18, 2004 4:19:37 pm PDT #4028 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Um, I drabbled. I'm not a writer, but I like to read this thread, and this just popped into my head.
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“So.”
“So.”
They continued eating, mostly silent. An occasional shared look, a little smile now and then. The food was good, at the restaurant they had always wanted to be regulars at, but the staff changed too often. She wanted to have a regular table, be greeted by name, have the waitress say, “The usual?” but it never happened. They kept going there anyway.
So they sat, ate.
“Oh, did I tell you --?”
”Shh.” She whispered. “Wait. I think they’re about to break up.”
They liked each others’ company, but the conversation at the next table was irresistible.
Steph L. - Apr 18, 2004 4:52:20 pm PDT #4029 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Jesse, that's great! Love the twist at the end.
And I disagree when you say you're not a writer -- I remember something you wrote about your experience on 9/11/01, and how evocative and crisp it was.
ION, Drabblers: I'll be posting a new drabble challenge tomorrow, so if you want to drabble the 2-people-at-a-table challenge, hop to it....