Monday night; I've felt better

[cleolinda]

Hmm. So I reread over the Radcliffe ball chapter--conquered that little bit of terror--and... it wasn't quite what I remembered. Or rather, I remembered all of it; I just thought there was more to it that I wasn't remembering. But no, that was it. I remembered it being really long and draggy, also, but it actually seemed to be missing a large chunk of ball-related activities. Like, there's a lot of build-up, and they talk about things they will do, and then... you don't really see them do those things. I'm not even sure that's a problem, because the talking about the doing of things is actually there for an entirely separate reason, and I have a bunch of new material to work in anyway. It was just sort of an interesting thing to realize.

evilbearhunter wants you to think outside the [water] bottle. ETA: TAKE DISCUSSION OF THIS TOPIC ELSEWHERE.

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Comments

[duncanatrix.livejournal.com]

Oddly enough, I remember really enjoying reading the Radcliffe ball chapter, and that was eons ago! Also, Perez Hilton is a dick.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Heh, thanks. I know a couple of characters are definitely being tweaked--I mean, most of their dialogue will still be the same, but, you know--it's funny how much you can change without actually doing anything dramatic to what's there.