Ooh what brand?? I'd love to try some.
There is actually a really good candy store nearby.
The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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There is actually a really good candy store nearby.
Is there a purpose for licorice besides eating?
You can knit underwear out of it.
But the final product is to be eaten, too.
Just because you can eat your textiles doesn't mean you should.
Edible panties may not be the best thing in the world, but they are right next to it...
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Yep.
Thank god it's Friday. I'm leaving the house tomorrow for ANY reason. I've been on what felt like house arrest/post shit storm sanitation detail all week.
After brainstorming some more with another friend of mine - and begrudgingly agreeing with most of the changes the asshole friend suggested - I decided to try my luck again with the YA novel that's plagued me since I finished the first draft last summer. This other brainstorming friend didn't make a lot of big sweeping changes like the asshole friend, but he did help boost my confidence on the idea as a whole. Both he and his girlfriend were really excited by the idea and the story. I also brainstormed with another friend who sometimes joins me at Starbucks for creative sessions (me writing, her drawing her own thing). We bounced a LOT of ideas on this book and I had several epiphanies on what to do. Heck, I now have a rough road map of what to do with the SECOND book in this 2-part series, something I didn't have before.
So today, I finished Chapter 1 of Version 2.0 of my YA novel. 3,200 words. Though about half that was copy/pasting over from Version 1.0.
The real work starts in Chapter 2, where a LOT of the big changes will affect the rest of the book.
So today, I finished Chapter 1 of Version 2.0 of my YA novel. 3,200 words. Though about half that was copy/pasting over from Version 1.0.
The real work starts in Chapter 2, where a LOT of the big changes will affect the rest of the book.
I'm really the last person to offer advice on story writing. The only writing I do is conversational pieces and short articles, and god knows I can't edit for shit. But I want to mention one of my favorite movies. Cloud Atlas.
A lot of people hate Cloud Atlas, but I think it's possibly the best film the wachowskis have made. If you scrutinize any part of the plot, it starts to fall apart, and has a lot of flaws that can very easily be picked apart, but I think beyond the narrow specifics of the plot, there is a larger emotional package that is being conveyed, and that is what I take away from it.
My point is, knowing what to cut and what to keep is hard, but if you feel something is integral to the story you want to tell, maybe consider keeping it, even if flawed.
I'm at the Pizza Hut.
I just bought a bunch of these from Amazon based on your recommendation. I'll let you know how the family likes them.
When I looked on Amazon, they were really expensive. But they have them at Target.I just bought a bunch of these from Amazon based on your recommendation. I'll let you know how the family likes them.
They'll eat a big giant bag of twizzlers, while simultaneously complaining about how they have no flavor. I'm sure these will all go unless they just taste bad
Heh.
"This second-rate candy tastes so second rate! <CHOMPF> <CHOMPF> Got any more?"
--Patrick
True..but twizzlers are perfectly engineered to have no flavor satiety, so even though they don't taste awesome, they don't trigger your brain to stop eating them either.
Drivecomic.com just made that joke, and a Facebook friend relayed a story of her children doing that with her cooking today, and here it is again.
The universe is telling me something...
I knew junk food was engineered to taste/feel appealing, I didn't know it was also engineered deliberately to not satisfy its own craving.
--Patrick
I'm at the taco bell.
I'll eat taco bell anytime and I don't even drink.
That sounds like a horrible condition to have.
I eat a ton of junk, but I just can't do that.
I'm at the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.
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I read this in Meat Loaf's voice.