This week brought to you by the letters W, T and F...

[strangecreature]

So I answered the door in my housecoat just now, because apparently I am physically incapable of ignoring the doorbell in case someone needs actual help. It was a nicely-dressed fellow with a clipboard. I assumed a sales pitch

Comments

[apiphile]

Man, if you just injure one of your characters you can shit out a cavalcade of words describing a) the injury in the first place and b) the subsequent problems it causes. Merely slapping a few "limping a little" and "stepped on his right foot, swore, and leant back on his left" in can really accumulate.

[strangecreature]

Mwuahaha, let the first round of Break The Narrator begin, eh? I sent my main fella into the fray pre-wounded this year from a hit-and-run (thus breaking my usual tradition of plowing over at least one of the narrators somewhere around Nov 15th when the real hatred kicks in), but that just makes him easier to mess with, really.

[apiphile]

One word:

infection.

[strangecreature]

Well, I do still have all my sepsis research kicking about from Twelve Tales... *evils about*

[apiphile]

further tip: a PoV character who notices small details a lot is a total godsend for padding. *is doing that at this very moment*