It was a dark and stormy-
Nope. Not the cliche. Backspace, backspace...What's a better way to set an evening rain scene without using that phrase? Uhh...
The night was dark, and a light pattered at the window outside-
'The night was dark?' The night's supposed to be dark. Stupid, stupid...that line would make it into a tumblr post in no time for worst lines ever written.
Night had fallen, and a light pattered at the window outside. Thunder cracked in the distance, and she stared out the glass pane with a somber expression. Her hands grasped a letter, sent from her lover-
Ew, no. Scratch that.
Her hands held tightly to a tear-stained parchment, her hands shaking slightly with grief. The contents were-
Oops, too many 'hands.' Shit, should I actually write the damn letter? Does the audience really care what it would say? Would it be tacky to put something like that so soon into the story? Ugh, I'd better just write it out anyway...
Her hands held tightly to a tear-stained parchment, shaking slightly with grief. It read as follows:
My dearest Thea-
Wait, is dearest supposed to be capitalized? Uhh...I'll just change it for now and look it up later.
My Dearest Thea,
I have longed for you for-
That just sounds bleh...this story is going to take forever at this rate! Why can't it just magically appear on the paper as I see it in my head?
What we had together was a time I will cherish for the rest of my days, but alas-
Alas? ...Eh, I'll keep it.
-but alas, I have been chosen to serve my country with honor and pride. The letter just came in the post today. I am to leave for Virginia by 'morrow's dawn of writing this letter, so I fear that a reply would be fruitless.
That wording just doesn't look right...well, it is 2:00 am so...fuck it. I'll fix it later.
I will keep you in my thoughts as I prepare to defend our people, and I hope that once this comes to pass, there will still be a place for me within your heart.
Ugh, so cheesy...I love it.
With Love,
Jonatha-
No, no no...I hate that name.
William-
That makes him sound like 50 years old. Gross.
Nathaniel
Was that name even used back then? Let's see...Yep, I'm good. Nathaniel it is.
Thea's eyes closed, tears pricking at the corners. She wept, her fingers releasing the letter from between them with-
Wow, it's almost like people don't know what letting go of something consists of! Too much detail, stupid...
She wept, letting go of the letter. It fell with a flurry to the floor, and she collapsed onto the nearest chair in sorrow. Suddenly, the butler burst into the room with haste-
Suddenly this, suddenly that! Never use the word 'suddenly' to start off a sentence, it makes it look cheap. Did I learn nothing from creative writing?
In the midst of her agony, the butler swept into the room with haste, throwing open the doors and rushing to her side.
"Thea," he said gently, a kind hand on her shoulder, "you have a visitor waiting in the parlor."
Her head perked up-
I don't like the way that looks...try again!
With an inkling of hope, her head lifted to meet his eyes, and she saw the kidness-
Oh my god, what are words? Backspace...
-and she saw the kindness in them. A small spark of knowing something that she did not. Something that would surely make her smile.
"Is it-?"
"Yes." He nodded.
She stood from her chair, picking up her skirts and running off through the door to find the man waiting for her.
There! I finally got the chapter done! Now to post it and-
Oh, wait. I really should edit it. It's only the first draft, after all. There's bound to be a whole lot of mistakes and grammatical errors and typos. And it's...only like 2,000 words long! I could have sworn it had at least 5,000. I've been working on it for like 2 hours now, and this is all I've got?
Ugh, and I've been staring at the same words over and over again this whole time...I'm tired of looking at it. The longer I do, the more I'll hate it.
Dammit, I'm gonna have to write this chapter another two times just to get a final draft? Ugh, that's way too much work.
I'm just gonna post it.
I can go back later to edit.
Now that I think about it, I've got a lot of chapters I'm supposed to go back and edit later...huh.
Oh, well. When I'm a millionaire from my best seller, I'll go back and fix it. Eventually. One day. Hopefully...
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