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[apiphile]

Last night I had the sublime pleasure of seeing The Mr John Waters introduce two of his earliest short films, one of which included the concept of a "rosary-job"; of a pleasant dinner at Wagamama's which included sweet onigiri (a powerful idea); of learning to differentiate between different types of staring (this man is trying to work out if he

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[wolfy_writing]

OMG, JOHN WATERS? Lucky you!

Yeah, I find that sometimes when writing deliberate ambiguity, working out what specifically happened is counterproductive, and it's better to just make sure you understand what all of the POV characters believe about what happened.

I'm going to be very pleased about the clinic progress on your behalf.

[apiphile]

IT WAS REALLY EXCITING, I thought it meant he was just doing an introductory segment onscreen but he was THERE IN PERSON, wildly charismatic.

See that hadn't occurred to me because I was still approaching the damn thing as a straight-up thriller which is STUPID because that's not what I fucking write.

Fingers crossssssssed. I will see what actually comes out of this I guess?

[wolfy_writing]

YOU were in A ROOM with JOHN WATERS! That's amazing!

Yeah, "straight-up" is not a label I'd apply to you writing any genre of fiction.

I predict actual helpfulness, and then a frustrating wait that feels unreasonably long, and then more actual helpfulness, and so on, and so on, until medical transitioning is complete.

[apiphile]

Almost like that's been my experience so far. ;)