Hm... there are pushy ideas that demand to be written right away, and then there are ideas that don't push but linger. They're more patient, but they still demand to be written at some point. AHTIM was one that lingered. It took me three tries within a year or so to get it going, but I knew I had to give it a shot and get it out of my system before I could concentrate on anything else.
I don't tend to have a lot of truly pushy ideas; if I start writing an idea right after getting it, it's usually because I'm not in the middle of writing anything else, so I'm like, "Well, this is something I could write, so I will try it." The pushiest idea I've ever had was probably Curtain Call. I had just started posting another new novel (Guilty Roads) a month before, and it was going well, and then came the idea for Curtain Call. I didn't want to start another story, but I couldn't stop thinking about it. So I thought, "Well, it won't hurt to write a chapter or two and get it out of my system. I don't have to post anything." So I wrote two chapters... and then four more... and by then I couldn't stop, so I went ahead and started posting it. The only thing it hurt was Guilty Roads LOL.
I knew Curtain Call was a pushy one, since we've talked about our pushy ideas leaving some things unfinished, lol. "It won't hurt to write a chapter or two..." LMAO. Famous last words. If it's something you can't stop thinking about, it will hurt... only your other novel in progress. Hopefully. At least Guilty Roads was the only casualty, lol.
Didn't you say that AHTIM didn't really click until it had a title? I feel like I remember that... So which ones are worse, the pushy ideas that come with demands or the pushy ideas that linger? Worse might not be exactly what I mean, but I assume you understand my intent in asking.
I feel like I need to watch Walking Dead when it's dark, and now that it's getting dark later, I'm usually already on here or writing by then and don't feel like watching TV. I'll watch it tomorrow or Saturday when I have more time.
The reveal on Masked Singer was so obvious last night. I'm not a good guesser on that show, but I knew who it was even before the clue package was over. I'm ashamed to admit I can say that about this person and not the Crocodile, but that's how obvious it was LOL.
I've been a much happier person since it started getting dark later. But I feel you on certain shows needing a certain mood. I've put off most of the most recent season of This Is Us because I just haven't felt like sobbing for an hour. Now I have like nine hours of sobbing left to squeeze in at some point, lol.
I had an inkling, but I am terrible at this game, lol. I was mostly disappointed that a neat costume was going home right away. I have a couple of guesses on some others, but our Boy Croc was the only one I was ever sure of. His linebacker thighs and chipmunk voice! I just knew! And then he opened his mouth without distortion, of course.
I think that's what would be hard, hopping back and forth between different phases of a character's development. But it shows what a dynamic character you created that you can see how different he was at the beginning compared to the end. That's great!
I'm Taking Off is a great album to channel Nick. It's so very him. It's nice to be able to go back to Now or Never for younger Nick too. LOL I listen to the same stuff over and over again too.
Aww, thanks!
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I'm happy for his sake that he's no longer a neurotic mess, lol.
It is very Nick, a good blend of silly and serious. It's interesting to listen to it so much now, because it's this weird dichotomy of it reminding me of being 22/23 while I'm now around the age Nick was when he was recording it, so I relate to it on a new level. Same with Now or Never once I hit 22. I was like "Yes, this is 22," but also it pulls me right back to being 14/15. I was thinking about that the other day, actually, because I stumbled on one of those "old pictures we thought were attractive in the 90's" articles and there were a few BSB ones and I thought "Yes, they are so attractive!" Like eighteen-year-old Nick, the love of my life from 1997/1998 on, and still very attractive. Is this weird? Is it fine because he's now a forty-one year-old man and I am not twice his age as is? I look at eighteen-year-old actors or singers now and think "That is a child." But teenage Nick will get me every time.
It really is! I don't usually follow March Madness at all, but go Illini!
I've got them going fairly far in my bracket. My alma mater is in it too! And the husband's hometown team that he cares about more than his alma mater. As long as we don't play each other, we're golden!
Pantsing is usually what I end up doing for April Fool's, but then I always get stressed out about it and wish I had planned more in advance LOL.
I've even done the 404 error before! But I think the idea I have will be fun once I get started on it. Hopefully this weekend. It might be a nice little break from Nick and Kevin's drama.
Don't stress so much over a joke! Unless you need to code an entire video game for your April Fool's joke, you're fine to pants.
Aw, man. You've really done everything. If Nick and Kevin are being dramatic, you tell them to shape up or ship out. Or get more dramatic?
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Whatever works for you, really, lol.