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Feb 04, 2009 06:04PM
Ok, so I tried to write this story about a wierd boy ... and I wrote a prolouge where the family tries to hide this photograph. But then ... aw, shucks, you know the rest. It ended. Abruptly. Hence my title.
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Amy had heard it by heart.
that doesn't make sense. Other than that, quite interesting. Hmm. I'll think about that.
that doesn't make sense. Other than that, quite interesting. Hmm. I'll think about that.
One of Levine's stratigies was to list ten things that could happen, no matter how weird or random. Don't stop until ten, and see if any work.

fantasy. Dillon's going to be like this wierdo that can do ... __________. Amy had heard the phrase "Who's that guy?" by heart.

Elva. Her name is Elva, Elaine. Anyway. How do you hear something by heart? you can say something by heart, but...
Like the new pic, Adrienne.
Like the new pic, Adrienne.

Well, I guess I took it as, like when you learn something by heart you can say it without thinking, Amy had heard the words so much that she knew what they were going to say before they said it without really thinking. *shrug*
I guess. Maybe Dillian's dead? Maybe his parents murdered him, but he stuck around?
Where do you want the plot to go from here?
Where do you want the plot to go from here?