New drabble topic for the new year: Resolution.

Drabble:

I resolve not to resolve. Resolution flies in the face of a universe that is already spoiled for choices on intriguing ways to derail my plans. "In five years I will be/do/have X." No, you won't. You resolve to try. The universe makes resolutions, too, and it has a lot more practice at it.

(hey, it's a drabble, not a work of art)

I know we mostly don't fic in here, but I thought this take on resolutions was more interesting than reading about how I fail to write 1000 words a day every year so... The character in question is a(some say based on *the*) Hollywood agent.

Ari Gold was barely thirty when, although he had a handful of clients, he already pictured his name on the door of his own agency. Even after he made the devil’s bargain with Babs that created MGA, there was part of him that saw it as a way station to a state he only half-jokingly called Total World Domination. His one resolution had always been “onward and upward”. Until he got to the airport to see Vinny off on his film with Scorcese, he’d gotten a buzz from the way the word “studio head” fit in his mouth. But then, there were other Hollywood words that sounded good, that mostly wound up in obituaries. Words like “legend,” a polite code for “almost dead,” or “Hi, remember when you were relevant?”These words were now applied to guys like Bob Ryan. Bob was boring, but the fact of the matter was, the thing Ari couldn’t forgive him for was the way Ryan made him think about the morning he found a grey pubic hair. Putting that feeling off was worth giving up a suite on the top floor for a few years. Because it wasn’t just about Vinny, although the kid does seem to have a hold on heartstrings Ari’s critics would swear didn’t exist.Having him look for another agent was as if David himself had looked down from inside the marble and said he needed someone else to help with the finishing touches.

Doing 1000 words a day is tough.

I didn't make much progress on 43 last night. Hopefully, I'll do better tonight. Like everything else in this revision, I'm rewriting most of it. New characters coming up soon, so that'll be interesting. It seems like I'll have a much better handle on the characters after this revision. This revision is built around scenes with a lot less narrative so I can see aspects coming out that I'll need to build on to give them some distinction.

For example,

Character A likes things clean and ordered, suffers from nerves but manages to be plucky, has some insecurities, is curious, and likes having a strong authority figure around to lead.

Character M is not the sharpest knife in the drawer and always tries to do the right thing.

Character C is absent-minded and insecure, but intelligent.

Character S is a scholar and tends to spout off historical facts at every opportunity.

Character H is uneducated, mean, and self-hating. Also has a particular pattern of speech.

Character Si needs some work.

Character Av is cool, intelligent, and collected. Has a distinctive style of speech.

Character Ax is friendly, makes jokes, and is easy to get along with.

I'm hoping I can use some of this stuff to draw them more distinctly. Maybe work in the background of a few of them a little better as well.

Yeah, fine line between "goal" and "Torture instrument", which I crossed a few times. But I can't lie about working out like other people and I don't drink enough to pretend to cut it out. So I pioneered new ways of punishing myself. But I'm not doing that now, though I'd like to have my script draft done by the end of the week.

Sam is being sent out tomorrow morning.

Wish the wee bat luck!

Good luck, bat!!

Good luck! I hope Sam finds a good home.

Aw! Fly, little bat!

Good luck to Sam!