![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
agilebrit...is a genius. Really. I know every parent thinks that, and Da Boy has tried my patience more than once today, but tonight, he just did a 48-piece puzzle essentially by himself. I made suggestions as to which piece he should place next, but he put all the pieces in by himself.
He's three. So, the fact that he just sat here for a half hour or so and did it until he finished it says terrific things about his attention span.
Heh. I know that most of you are in my LJ to read fic and not hear about stuff like this, but I have to do something between writing, right? And, yes, I'm writing, like a house afire, actually (2100 words and counting on the You Got the Stones challenge fic), but nothing postable yet. Patience.
On a fic-writing note, I found it interesting how changing one sentence could turn a character from a controlling bastard into a concerned boyfriend. Consider the following two passages, essentially the same but for one sentence:
"No. Absolutely not," Riley said authoritatively. "You can't, Buffy."
"No. Absolutely not." Riley's voice was filled with concern. "You can't, Buffy."
It's little things like this that make the writing experience so interesting to me. Don't know if they're interesting to anyone else, though, so I'll be shutting up now. LOL
ETA: The Hubby won out at the dragstrip tonight too, on the engine he just rebuilt because he put a valve through a cylinder. My night is complete. :-)
He's three. So, the fact that he just sat here for a half hour or so and did it until he finished it says terrific things about his attention span.
Heh. I know that most of you are in my LJ to read fic and not hear about stuff like this, but I have to do something between writing, right? And, yes, I'm writing, like a house afire, actually (2100 words and counting on the You Got the Stones challenge fic), but nothing postable yet. Patience.
On a fic-writing note, I found it interesting how changing one sentence could turn a character from a controlling bastard into a concerned boyfriend. Consider the following two passages, essentially the same but for one sentence:
"No. Absolutely not," Riley said authoritatively. "You can't, Buffy."
"No. Absolutely not." Riley's voice was filled with concern. "You can't, Buffy."
It's little things like this that make the writing experience so interesting to me. Don't know if they're interesting to anyone else, though, so I'll be shutting up now. LOL
ETA: The Hubby won out at the dragstrip tonight too, on the engine he just rebuilt because he put a valve through a cylinder. My night is complete. :-)
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2004-07-24 04:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-24 04:52 am (UTC)I'll have less time when I start home-schooling him, so I figure I'd better get my writing done now. :o)
That sentence-writing experiment?
Date: 2004-07-24 05:39 am (UTC)"No, absolutely not," said Riley. "You can't, Buffy."
"No, absolutely not," said Spike. "You can't, Buffy."
See?
Re: That sentence-writing experiment?
Date: 2004-07-24 05:44 am (UTC)The first sentence was my first try at it. Then I decided that doing it that way made Riley look like a jerk. I don't want Riley to be a jerk, so I changed it. I think it's much better the second way. :-)
no subject
Date: 2004-07-24 06:45 am (UTC)and love yer fic but knows you are a person with all that entails and love that you share more with us.
no subject
Date: 2004-07-24 08:58 pm (UTC)