Conversation with a Crit Partner

As you all know, critique partners are sorta awesome. Me and mine (which are these lovely girls here!) all approach things differently. Since my post on Tuesday proclaiming my writing transition blues, Cindy so happily volunteered to have writing dates with me. So now, every Monday and Thursday night she's forcing me to write words with her for an hour. No matter what. No excuses. Isn't she great?

Last night, I was brainstorming with her in a pre-writing session. My big issue with this story is that it's so simple I make it complicated. And it's so complicated that I get lost in it. Of course, all this is in my head! In reality it's not so bad. (At least, that's what we keep telling ourselves! I think Christina will disagree once we go at this MS with shearing scissors.)

Anyway, this is what happens when we brainstorm. At least sometimes.... *ahemALWAYSahem*

 Cindy:  hahaha

what was your idea?

you said you had an idea for what to write next?

are you going to go with it?

 me:  just an idea. idk

 Cindy:  stop thinking about the sub plots

and write the idea

 me:  hhahahaha

im not. now im talking to X. lol

Cindy:  I command you!

 me:  bahahahha

 Cindy:  Did that work?

oh

 me:  no

 Cindy:  lol

 me:  hahahahaha

 Cindy:  I just emailed her

 me:  hahha

 Cindy:  COMMAND DAMNIT

 me:  emailed about what?

 Cindy:  shakes wand

 me:  stuffs fingers in ears

dances

 Cindy:  to apologize for not getting her MS back to her yet

abracadabra

me:  i think she's got a whole revision now

you should check before you start that

expecto patronum

 Cindy:  damn you!

and your Harry Potter knowledge

I must re-read those books

lol

 me:  heheheheh

luminos

we must say that

anytime we get a bright idea

get it?

luminos

 Cindy:  I do!

LUMINOS

ahhaa

 me:  im punny.

Life changing stuff right? AH. As a side note, we did actually write words....it was just later.