Plot, what plot?
Written on Friday 17th April 2009 at 10:37pm with 6 Comments
Wow, April already huh? Time seems to have passed by without sparing me a second thought. Which isn't very nice considering it's supposed to be my constant companion and all. So what have I been doing? Nothing particularly exciting, working; for that company. It's not so bad; so long as I remember that the people I'm serving are actual human beings and not some dimtwatted-fuckwitted-imbecilic-morons who insist on making my working life a misery. I'm sure they are lovely people outside of the airport; at least this is what I tell myself to get me through the day.
I don't know what it is, but as soon as they pass over that little threshold called security, something happens. Humanity gets screened and left on landside. We're left with an empty shell; devoid of all traits that made them, well, human. Gone is the understanding. Gone is the politetness. Gone is the compassion. Gone is the humour. Hell, I'd settle for a blimin' smile but they can't even give me that.
But enough about work. What have I really been up too? I've been escaping into that glorious little world called reading; where anything can happen (and usually does.) I've read about... maybe fifteen books in as many days. And I enjoy it, I really do. But since I've been writing my own story (55,000+ words and counting so far), I've found I can spot a plot a mile off. Which sort of ruins the whole point in reading.
Take this evening for example. I went out, bought a book, hadn't even finished the first chapter and I already knew the ending and the bits in between. It's like watching the Sixth Sense for the first time and then having your friend spoil the ending for you just as it begins. Bloody pointless and downright annoying. This is why I go to the cinema alone. I finished the book about five hours later... and yeah, ended just how I thought. Can I get a refund on a book for being disappointed?
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Since you've worked in a bookshop would you refund someone if they came and said they wanted a refund cause it was crap? Or even better once you've read it I wonder if you can get your money back?
I didn't say the book was crap, I just said I was disappointed because I figured out the premise before the end of the first chapter.
That being said, I have refunded someone for reading the first couple of chapters of a book they bought and then they decided they didn't like the story.
Fucking hell. It's taken me the best part of three years to get down 90k.
So when do we get a preview?
V xx
Yeah, we demand a preview!
Oh preview. Hmm. When it makes sense. You know how it is. It needs to go through a first, first draft before it follows... whay do they call it... a plot? Yeah that.
My writing has come to a mighty halt this week though. I've written about 500 words about 10 times... I'm still not happy. Now I'm watching Fringe on Sky1 trying to convince myself it will help with my creative flow. Not that my story has anything remotely in common with Fringe.
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Haha I had this conversation with my mate the other day about whether you can take a book back and get a refund cause it's crap!
I tried it myself once with some friends & Paul (ask him if he remembers) back in the day when you rented video's from a shop. We rented a video from the corner shop and we decided it was shit after just 2mins and tried to see if we could have our money back! Wasnt happening so we settled on nicked some 10p mixes!