You're such a child. I hate you.
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I am a child. I act like a child. I am very childish. But I am more mature than the idiots at my school. But I fuck up around the people I care about most.
Namely, my best friend and the young man I feel very strong affections for.
I did a childish thing. And now I feel like both of them see me for what I am. A kid.
I told hum that I wanted to "be his" (as in his girlfriend). Both his and her reactions were "why are you so eager to put a label on yourself and him/me"? And "You're/we're in the dating stage, aren't you/we?" And I know I didn't do anything bad and their feelings towards me haven't changed, but...
Well, I'm used to not being viewed as a kid. Now I'm afraid that's all I will be to all my older friends (the ones I know from dancing). Which is why I don't want to go dancing this friday. I'm afraid I'll just be some kid... just some kid.
I hate myself for being a kid.
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***Art Trading***
I will write about any of your characters, interacting with any of mine (or not), if you draw/photograph/sculpt/whatever your representation of Wiley. She can be found in The Waffle Iron and I'm Thinking, Damnit... better represented in The Waffle Iron.
I would love a Wiley devID...
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This account contains poetry and prose written by (and transferred over from) =DiyaDeathwalker/~Slylock-Stock
Samples:
Shower
"I stepped out of my dress like it was a second skin, enfolding me in myself as I reached out for the shower handle. My pale, almost transparent fingers could only weakly grip the cold steel, and it took a few tries to finally pull it out from the wall..."
The Wind
"...she just smiled in a wiggly, unsure manner and rolled her head the other way, noticing that the noise of her car echoed off the parked cars as she passed them. She liked the sound, but only when it echoed. It was like that white noise you get when you put your ear in the pink curl of a conch..."
Swimming at Night
"O delicious twilight
painting all the sea
a soft, palatable silver
with star-roses, slipping free..."
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My apologies to ~lebstock, whose icon I took.
Devious Comments
(grin)
And I want to think that's a good thing, but I don't know. I really don't know who she is. I guess that means I don't know who I am.
Or I've read too many "young adult" novels in a row and need to get back on the Dickens/AC train. I'm turning into one of those stock characters as we speak, only because I read "Kissing Vanessa", "Razzle", "one of those horrendous books where the mother dies", and "Define Normal" all in a row.
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It sounds as if you are something of a chameleon. Have you thought of a career in the CIA?
Too many young adult novels. Going back to Wiley and Mort. Got any suggestions/advice/help for that unfinished thing at the beginning of my gallery??
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For what's already there, I don't think you need any suggestions. It seems you are falling into a strong and consistent voice and you are writing some very good stuff in that voice. The switching from present to past works because it seems very much in keeping with the character. I get the impression that that is what is going on in her mind all the time - so it stands to reason that she would write that way. Just keep the pacing on the switches tight.
As to where you are going with it; it is hard to advise without knowing how things end up. The obvious thing, if they are to be friends, is for her to bring him something for the waffle that he particularly likes. Or vice versa. The other road to follow is the thread about his 'image' and her perception of it. Is there an uncommon reason that he looks like this? Is he pierced because someone else has pierced him against his will. I'm assuming that he looks dead because he is dead, but who knows.
If this is simply a character building exercise then you are almost there. I would finish it by introducing something about him. If this is a story then something has to happen. If this is a scene then it can end on a note that shows that something is about to happen.
I'm afraid I'm not being much help here, but without knowing how it develops it's hard to say.
If I had to just throw it on the table, I'd say that she decides on the mayo, brings it to the table and he uses it to gel up his mohawk.
Honestly, I don't know if it's a story, a scene, character development, or what. It's a scene of the story of her life that develops her?
Yes, I thought of Danii's "sand" line when I wrote the "Susie" line.
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