pool
As temperatures are hitting triple digits here in Kansas, my wife wanted to get a kiddie pool for the dogs when they wanted to cool off. This has been met by more than a little trepidation by the dogs.
Zailey had to be coaxed in by holding a treat over the middle. She circled around the pool a few dozen times before she realized that she had to step in the pool to get the treat.
Milo was a little easier to coax. All we had to do was throw a few treats into the pool and he jumped in to get them.
Once the dogs were in, they didn't want to do much other than stand in there. After a few days we noticed that Milo was coming inside with a wet tail. At first we thought that Zailey was being extra slobbery when she caught Milo in there runs. We had just a mild suspicion that Milo was sitting in the pool, but since he never did it in front of us, we didn't know for sure.
A few days after the first time we found his tail wet, we were sitting outside with the kids. Milo climbed in the pool to get a toy. He was playing around when he sat down in the pool. We finally found the source of why he was getting wet! Even more, Milo didn't even sit normally. He sat more on his right hip than anything else. It looked like he was trying to get his ass washed. It didn't look sore or crusted, so I'm not sure why he wanted water on it.
Today, I was writing an action sequence that seemed a bit watered down. I knew it as I was writing it, so I had to do something about it. Things were just going too easily for my characters, so I ignored my outline and made things harder for them. Once I made things harder, I had to think of a new resolution to the conflict. It made things harder on myself to keep going in this different direction.
One thing about it, it was fun to flounder around and find a new way forward. The excitement in the chapter is now tenfold what it was in the outline. Plus, the new stuff feels more organic.
Water can be fun or can kill the action. It just depends on the point of view and what happens next. Milo is using it to wash his ass, so there is that. As long as things move forward, things are good, right?
Zailey had to be coaxed in by holding a treat over the middle. She circled around the pool a few dozen times before she realized that she had to step in the pool to get the treat.
Milo was a little easier to coax. All we had to do was throw a few treats into the pool and he jumped in to get them.
Once the dogs were in, they didn't want to do much other than stand in there. After a few days we noticed that Milo was coming inside with a wet tail. At first we thought that Zailey was being extra slobbery when she caught Milo in there runs. We had just a mild suspicion that Milo was sitting in the pool, but since he never did it in front of us, we didn't know for sure.
A few days after the first time we found his tail wet, we were sitting outside with the kids. Milo climbed in the pool to get a toy. He was playing around when he sat down in the pool. We finally found the source of why he was getting wet! Even more, Milo didn't even sit normally. He sat more on his right hip than anything else. It looked like he was trying to get his ass washed. It didn't look sore or crusted, so I'm not sure why he wanted water on it.
Today, I was writing an action sequence that seemed a bit watered down. I knew it as I was writing it, so I had to do something about it. Things were just going too easily for my characters, so I ignored my outline and made things harder for them. Once I made things harder, I had to think of a new resolution to the conflict. It made things harder on myself to keep going in this different direction.
One thing about it, it was fun to flounder around and find a new way forward. The excitement in the chapter is now tenfold what it was in the outline. Plus, the new stuff feels more organic.
Water can be fun or can kill the action. It just depends on the point of view and what happens next. Milo is using it to wash his ass, so there is that. As long as things move forward, things are good, right?
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Jehree
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Jul 05, 2016 02:18PM
LOL love the quote at the end regarding water! Good for you also on making the story line more difficult on the characters instead of going with the original outline. That is hard to do and takes more effort
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