Convo with a CP: Brainstorming

Brainstorming is an important aspect to every story. You need to have other ideas and solutions to conflicts, etc. Some of these things are big (like figuring out character motivation) and some are small. You don't always have to work with someone else, but I've found that we all tend to work better when we brainstorm together. Here's one example...

Cindy:  SO

I had an idea for the shop beside my MC's

it's a coffee shop

 me:  okay

 Cindy:  and I was all excited

thinking the shop would be called "The Other Black Bean"

 me:  hahahhahhaah

 Cindy:  With the Other being all swirly and the O being the top of the coffee mugh

BUT

coffee beans are brown

LOL

 me:  lmao

thats hilarious

 Cindy:  Yeah

I'm laughing too

I was all excited

and yeah

 me:  hahah

 Cindy:  fail

 me:  call it

The Other Beanstalk

or The Beanstlak

or Joe and the Beanstalk

hahaahahahah

 Cindy:  LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

 me:  they DO grow on a stalk

lol

 Cindy:  I'm laughing SOOOO hard right now

 me:  lol

hahahahhah

 Cindy:  into a corne, ehe?

 me:  yup

r

im stuck

Cindy:  Husband is looking at me like i'm nuts

 me:  hahaaahahha

lo

hahah

nuts and beans

Cindy:  I like Joe and the Beanstalk actually

 me:  they are half hardware store, half coffee shop

hahaha

Cindy:  LMAOOOOOOOOo

me:  lol

Cindy:  Beanstalk Joes

Joe's Beanstalk

me:  hahah

the latter

Cindy:  yeah

okay

Joe's Beanstalk

hahaha

 me:  Joe's MAGIC Beanstalk

Cindy:  LMAOOOOOOOOO

totally using that

omg

that's hilarious

BEST NAME EVER

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.