Not intrusive at all! It's what we're here for; the more, the merrier.
Wolfram, that is seriously creepy and probably everyone's worst nightmare. Ugh.
You turn on any of my crew, you turn on me.
Mal ,'Ariel'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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SailAweigh - Apr 30, 2008 6:44:01 am PDT #88 of 6681
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Beverly - Apr 30, 2008 7:07:21 am PDT #89 of 6681
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Um. Wow, Wolfram, you do know how to make an entrance. Welcome. Especially if you're going to bring the adrenaline like that.
I...don't know what word you're searching for, though. Sequential, maybe? Just a wild guess. Webster's Thesaurus doesn't know, either.
Susan W. - Apr 30, 2008 7:49:29 am PDT #90 of 6681
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Wow, Wolfram! You sure know how to bring the horror...
I think I'm ready to tackle my antagonist and protagonist again. On the bus this morning, I did a version of what TB suggests. I imagined them meeting as boys and being friends. I plotted out the next time they'll meet in my world. And then I thought about this scene, and did what I almost never do consciously--asked the characters what their motivation was at this point in the story.
Now I just need to try to write it again. I think I need to find a way to use a little more of my work breaks for writing and less for surfing the internet, because this whole "writing only after Annabel is asleep" is working against a lifetime of habit and the fact that my energy levels peak from early afternoon to evening, NOT late at night.
Wolfram - Apr 30, 2008 8:01:23 am PDT #91 of 6681
Visilurking
It's not sequential, although that's a good word too. (Oddly, thesaurus.com does not consider sequential and chronological to be synonymous.) It's one of these words that almost doesn't seem English. Maybe it's Latin? When I rack my brain, the words that keep popping up are sartorially and tertiary so I think that word I'm looking for might be consonantly similar.
Looking back at my piece, I think I rushed the denouement a bit so it ended cheesily. But still good for a (creepy and awkward) chuckle.
Beverly - Apr 30, 2008 8:05:07 am PDT #92 of 6681
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Well, now that you've brought it up, if/when you find it, come back and tell us. Me at least, 'cause I'll be picking at it all day.
sarameg - Apr 30, 2008 8:14:42 am PDT #93 of 6681
serial?
Miracleman - Apr 30, 2008 8:16:00 am PDT #94 of 6681
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I was about to say "serial". That's the only other "s" synonym for chronologically I can find. The other being sequential.
Ginger - Apr 30, 2008 11:05:01 am PDT #95 of 6681
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
There's seriation, but that's mostly in archaeology.
-t - Apr 30, 2008 2:58:30 pm PDT #96 of 6681
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Successive?
Wolfram - Apr 30, 2008 4:14:53 pm PDT #97 of 6681
Visilurking
Seriatim. Ginger's suggestion finally knocked it loose. Thanks guys!