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<blockquote data-quote="orchid blossom" data-source="post: 1719533" data-attributes="member: 12815">After I posted my story, there were so many other things I wanted to say, all of which would have been biasing and not good for my side.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />My muse played a joke on me.&nbsp; I finally got even the barest idea for a plot Sunday morning, which means I had one day to write it.&nbsp; (I couldn't use Monday as I had to work.)&nbsp; I got through the story and realized that I had clarified what I wanted to write, and had something that was really a first draft on my hand.&nbsp; But I just had no time to do a major rewrite.&nbsp; I also realized that I had written another &quot;intro&quot; story.&nbsp; I got to the end and it felt like it should go on to say just what dastardly stuff Sophia would do with her new &quot;puppet.&quot;&nbsp; So I had to frame the story.&nbsp; The phrase, &quot;Another one for the lady,&quot; was in the first sentence of the story, and I hoped to make it circle around and feel finished that way.&nbsp; I knew it wasn't perfect, but it was all my addled brain could come up with at eleven at night.Most of the problems you pointed out with continuity I realized were there, and had intended to fix.&nbsp; But I stopped for a break and ended up going to sleep, and that was the end of that.As for rambling, it's a major tendency of mine, and one that I have to work very hard to avoid.&nbsp; When I was in creative writing classes my short stories always made 20 pages and were more like chapters.&nbsp; When I started doing Ceramic DM I kept telling myself &quot;Only information they actually need, and don't expound on it!&nbsp; They're smart enough to get it.&quot;Anyway, that's enough of that nonsense.&nbsp; Now I'm off to read your story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="orchid blossom, post: 1719533, member: 12815"] After I posted my story, there were so many other things I wanted to say, all of which would have been biasing and not good for my side.:) My muse played a joke on me. I finally got even the barest idea for a plot Sunday morning, which means I had one day to write it. (I couldn't use Monday as I had to work.) I got through the story and realized that I had clarified what I wanted to write, and had something that was really a first draft on my hand. But I just had no time to do a major rewrite. I also realized that I had written another "intro" story. I got to the end and it felt like it should go on to say just what dastardly stuff Sophia would do with her new "puppet." So I had to frame the story. The phrase, "Another one for the lady," was in the first sentence of the story, and I hoped to make it circle around and feel finished that way. I knew it wasn't perfect, but it was all my addled brain could come up with at eleven at night. Most of the problems you pointed out with continuity I realized were there, and had intended to fix. But I stopped for a break and ended up going to sleep, and that was the end of that. As for rambling, it's a major tendency of mine, and one that I have to work very hard to avoid. When I was in creative writing classes my short stories always made 20 pages and were more like chapters. When I started doing Ceramic DM I kept telling myself "Only information they actually need, and don't expound on it! They're smart enough to get it." Anyway, that's enough of that nonsense. Now I'm off to read your story. [/QUOTE]

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