That Moment...

I knew who he was.

 

That moment when you didn't get the job, but you DID somehow miraculously pass that test you didn't know about, and they gave you useful feedback about what they were looking for in the interview questions so you'll have a much better chance of getting the next one.

 

That moment when your dad hums the theme tune for the wrong Star Trek. But at least it was in tune and recognisable. For once.

 

TMW you don't know the Star Trek theme tune.

 

That moment when you and your friends realize that your younger siblings are not only adults, they're over 40.....

 

TMW you realize that you're just three years away from hitting the big 30.

 

That moment when you check your sister's Facebook page to see how she liked the cool link you sent her for her birthday, and you find out you're not set to appear in her feed.

I blame teh Buk ov Fayses. Yes.

 

Enjoy yourself! If I could have stayed 27 forever, that would have been ideal.

 

Not everyone would agree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club

 

TMW you read a book where the MC is blind and it's entirely from the first-person perspective. She also sees magic.

TMW the nasty little anxiety crops up and says, "Ha! Guess you can't write those stories you've talked about now can you?"

Excuse me while I get the metaphorical gun. A certain little anxiety goblin needs its ass beaten.

 

That moment when you look at your post in the "favourite quote from your main character" thread and realise that NONE of the really good lines are said by your protagonist.

 

That moment when you realize you can't remember where you were or what you were doing when you were 30.

 

TMW when I realized something... There aren't a whole lot of protagonists out there in literature that are deaf/have severe hearing loss. With love to our blind kin here and out in the real world, their disability is the most popular (and easiest) disability to write about. So in short, I hereby declare that Amos, the MC of my Colonial mystery, shall henceforth be MOSTLY DEAF, not BLIND. And it will be in third-person.

 

Okay thanks for sucking back into that vortex of lunacy, ignorance, and stupidity. I'd managed to avoid it for several weeks.

 

TMW, despite you knowing the logical answer, you have a compulsion to ask the Internet why Harry Potter never attempted to murder the Dursleys for the years of emotional, psychological, and physical torment they inflicted on him.

TMW you realize you keep re-imagining Harry Potter as a murderous scumbag and are suddenly worried about your state of mind and how others will think of you. :[

 

Please report trolls... There's this thing we mods do when we find a troll. We throw 'em out of the forum.

TMW you're having lunch with some random co-worker and somehow in 30 min manage to paint yourself and your husband as lunatics. I expect he won't be sitting with me again...

 

Ha! I'd love to read that.

Y'know, maybe I ought to take the basic idea and turn it into a character. It could have potential for an interesting character arc.

 

That moment when your protagonist finally gets a good line.

 

TMW you become impatient while writing and you figure that it's ridiculous trying to keep a nice writing style throughout the whole story. You wonder how the older writers did it.

TMW you compare your writing style.

1rst half page: calligraphy.
1nd other half page: calligraphy losing ground.
2nd page: still readable.
3rd page: a chaotic dance of letters jumping up and down.
4rth page: the person writing this must be disturbed.
...
10th page: a lot of doodling.

 

TMW: You realize that as an amateur writer, that you edit your work better than a professional writer.
Its about the little things.

 

Tmw it seems like people keep discussing the same things over and over again. You try to change the subject but eventually give up. >At a loss for words.<