Dumb question, but might be pivotal to the right(or wrong) reader. It's 1992 in my story and my characters have ordered a pizza...how much do they pay? Because the last thing I want is to go by my memory and have some reading along all "Sure, if they get it from Italy!" I was alive, of course, just not very practiced at paying for things yet.(Which is sort of the point of this story, actually.) It's not a huge part of the story, or anything, just that the pizza guy kind of touched of a family argument and wants to bail.
You'd never make it. I'd rip your spine out before you got half a step. Those little legs wouldn't be much good without one of those.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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erikaj - Aug 01, 2015 3:17:32 pm PDT #6348 of 6687
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P.M. Marc - Aug 01, 2015 3:37:31 pm PDT #6349 of 6687
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I think it was usually about $10?
-t - Aug 01, 2015 3:43:42 pm PDT #6350 of 6687
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I mostly have the memory that when we would split a pizza in the late 90s $1/slice was a reasonable expectation. So $12 ish?
sj - Aug 01, 2015 5:07:55 pm PDT #6351 of 6687
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I remember Mom would leave us $20 in high school during that time period, and we'd be able to get an extra large pizza with a few toppings and give the delivery person a few bucks tip and have change. So, maybe $12 for the pizza with a $3 tip.
erikaj - Aug 02, 2015 9:34:06 am PDT #6352 of 6687
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Ok, thanks. It's weird the things you miss being a late bloomer your whole life.
erikaj - Aug 06, 2015 2:40:24 pm PDT #6353 of 6687
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Do you always know whose POV you're going to tell a story from? Because I thought I did, and then, I tried alternating, but maybe for a short story, one clear voice is better...how should I decide?
Connie Neil - Aug 06, 2015 3:03:13 pm PDT #6354 of 6687
brillig
Will you have room in a short story to tell enough to justify two POVs (or more)? If it works, it works.
erikaj - Aug 06, 2015 5:04:25 pm PDT #6355 of 6687
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That is a thought--I could do the rewrite with the idea of keeping both viewpoints...maybe there's another reason the story doesn't work.
-t - Aug 06, 2015 5:30:15 pm PDT #6356 of 6687
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I've read short stories with two POV that worked, certainly. Sometimes it's necessary.
Connie Neil - Aug 06, 2015 5:41:14 pm PDT #6357 of 6687
brillig
I could easily see a short story with a cop and a crook and a chase, with one describing how he got away/was caught, and the other describing the chase, and which POV goes first would depend on your twist.