turd

Jynx was in big trouble this week. I came home and found a couple of turds on the entryway rug. He then covered up the mess by folding the rug over it.

Folding the rugs is something that Jynx likes to do. For the entryway, since it is on tile, he likes to run up to that rug and then stop on it. He then skids on the rug and it folds up.

Other rugs, Jynx will just reach under them and push up a corner. Then he can get on top of it and roll it as much as he wants.

So me coming home and finding a rug folded up isn't unusual. In the past, I have unfolded a rug with my foot only to find that I had stepped in a hairball. So I was cautious when I unrolled this rug. Good thing that I was.

Finding a turd when you least expect it is not fun. Especially when that turd is your own writing. Care must be taken when a turd is found so that you aren't flinging it around when you unroll the carpet (edit the page).

A couple of weeks ago, I started writing a story. It was in first person point of view (my first mistake since I am not used to writing this way). The point of view character also had no memory (my second mistake). It was hard to keep using pronouns to refer to herself since she couldn't remember her own name. This character just wakes up on a beach and is naked (and yet another mistake).

So, I'm writing this story and I have a two pages before I realize what a turd I have. Having her naked made it seem like erotica. That was not the intention of the story. It was supposed to be a science fantasy.

Like Jynx's turd, my literary turd had to get flushed down the toilet. I've started to rewrite the story. It is now in a different point of view, the woman character has not lost her memory, and she is not completely naked. I've also put a lot more research into the setting and mythology behind the story so that it has even more drama to it. I hope that it turns out well when it is finished.