I didn’t interpret the Flatmate as magical realism, per se. It felt like inner beratement to me and finally giving that toxic inner dialogue the boot. I did personally interpret it as the flatmate being like a parasite, and the narrator finally realising it. But I absolutely see your interpretation, and I'm very happy that you've found another interpretation ^___^
Oh, Pilish takes up so much time ^^" But I'm glad I finally tried it. I'm not sure how much literary value the resultant story had - but the puzzle aspect of it was very appealing ^___^
I almost didn’t take part in Watson’s Woes. As you said, it was important, and I ended up being very happy that I did participate. So, it may not seem to weird when I congratulate you on convincing yourself to participate in the event in the first place (because that was a big step too!). Yes, I absolutely appreciate that. Now I wonder what I was worried about, but at the time I didn't really think of myself as a writer any more. Congratulations to you too for taking the step ^___^
I have seen Scrubs - there's a lot about it I like. And that is exactly the sort of thing I'm thinking about when I talk about expanding on my comedy. I do tend to separate stories into 'serious' and 'humorous' but really the best comedy always has something serious going on too.
And I usually only post stuff to DA and AO3. If you want to have a rummage through all the FFM 2018 stuff, that's here. Or if you want to see the edited highlights, here is my featured gallery ^___^
The Shel Silverstein poem is very amusing ^___^ And I'm so touched you still remember How The Joke Got Its Punchline ^___^ I like that story a lot.
clever child being tolerated by the adults who are doing the real work I'm glad this did make you giggle ^___^ I'm heading towards 50 now and I still feel like this a lot of the time, in all aspects of my life ^^"
And the Dutch is going very well! I'm looking forward to sharing some of my enthusiasm about it ^__^
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Oh, Pilish takes up so much time ^^" But I'm glad I finally tried it. I'm not sure how much literary value the resultant story had - but the puzzle aspect of it was very appealing ^___^
I almost didn’t take part in Watson’s Woes. As you said, it was important, and I ended up being very happy that I did participate. So, it may not seem to weird when I congratulate you on convincing yourself to participate in the event in the first place (because that was a big step too!). Yes, I absolutely appreciate that. Now I wonder what I was worried about, but at the time I didn't really think of myself as a writer any more. Congratulations to you too for taking the step ^___^
I have seen Scrubs - there's a lot about it I like. And that is exactly the sort of thing I'm thinking about when I talk about expanding on my comedy. I do tend to separate stories into 'serious' and 'humorous' but really the best comedy always has something serious going on too.
And I usually only post stuff to DA and AO3. If you want to have a rummage through all the FFM 2018 stuff, that's here. Or if you want to see the edited highlights, here is my featured gallery ^___^
The Shel Silverstein poem is very amusing ^___^ And I'm so touched you still remember How The Joke Got Its Punchline ^___^ I like that story a lot.
clever child being tolerated by the adults who are doing the real work I'm glad this did make you giggle ^___^ I'm heading towards 50 now and I still feel like this a lot of the time, in all aspects of my life ^^"
And the Dutch is going very well! I'm looking forward to sharing some of my enthusiasm about it ^__^