@wrenI love it. It's comedic, it's relatable. I think you did a really good job. You change tense at the end there when you say
I grab the chair from behind me and chases ARP off stage.
Actually, I think this bit is a little overdramatic for my taste anyway? It might be the effect you're going for, but I think a better, more irritating build up might make it a little less...(for lack of a better word)...sudden. You might also benefit from naming your cast members, with a little description of them? For example, your ARP could have a name with a little explanation that they're an impatient super-fan annoyingly eager for a new book. Anyways, that's just my opinions, hopefully they were helpful.
Why do you write?Honestly, I don't know. I've always made up stories in my head and imagined scenarios that could have prevented the deaths of my favourite characters, but there's never been any particular reason for it. I mean, I love delving into other people's psyches and going to my own head and seeing how I would react in those situations, and a lot of the ways that Femie reacts to things are actually how I personally would react. Some of the later scenes are going to be really tough in that respect, because they would be a lot more mentally taxing, but I find it interesting to think how I would react to those situations. As someone with a huge interest in psychology, I guess I just find it interesting to write with that kind of focus to it. Thinking about it, I think that it's partly to escape my own reality and project those feelings and experiences onto a character that I can manipulate...I'm starting to sound really sadistic right now. But I guess it's true, it's really cathartic to basically torture a character because it really helps me control my own, often out of control, emotions. I have a lot of issues with depression, anxiety and anger problems, which by projecting them onto a character, I feel that I can control them in the times when I am writing them. (wow, that got really deep and personal whoops okay I'mma stop now)
@rangerthe fact you had to google "crisps" made me really wonder how weird England is to the rest of the world
Then I realise we have a holiday that celebrates someone failing to blow up parliament by blowing stuff up (fireworks), and an annual TV show that sends celebrities to the Australian jungle and makes them eat bugs and face their fears (I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! - google it, I look forward to it all year). Welcome to British culture guys ^^'
Guess what? Another
story time!
So just the other day I was chatting with IRL Writer Friend™ and we were discussing all the horrible scenes we have to write. I think the convo started because someone brought up pineapple on pizza and he joked that I should put it behind one of the doors (he has come up with a couple of good suggestions tbh). Anyways, I was just sat there kind of listening to him go on about having to kill off characters, including children, and I was just sat there like yeah that sucks. But then I kind of come out with "I have to write a (censored for CS rules/spoilers) scene" and he was just like 'damn'. Not really that funny when I can't explain what the scene is bc rules but I just wanted to share.