Kate: I think my favorite thing is the determination of the uniformed authorities to push the limits of safe transport, just for the sake (I guess) of not having an empty platform!
I once wrote a scene which took place during a downpour on a city street. About 20 things were happening all at once: cabs and trucks splashing, people yelling and laughing and swatting at one another with umbrellas… and under it all, of course, was the roar of the rain itself. When I workshopped the story in which that scene appeared, one or two commenters said it was too over-the-top.
I look at real-life scenes like this and feel better about creating such fictional scenes, y’know?
Kate Lord Brown says
Ha! Reminds me of Christmas tubes in London!
John says
Kate: I think my favorite thing is the determination of the uniformed authorities to push the limits of safe transport, just for the sake (I guess) of not having an empty platform!
(“Mind the gap.” “…Er, right. What gap?”)
marta says
One. It reminds me of a bus I was on once in Bulgaria. I may never recover.
Two. Why?
Three. Actually, it reminded me of that holiday shopping rush at Wal-Mart that killed an employee.
Four. It also made me laugh that twisted laugh of oh-isn’t humanity-nuts. Or stupid.
Mind the lack of gap.
John says
marta: Wow. I didn’t even know there was a Four…!
I once wrote a scene which took place during a downpour on a city street. About 20 things were happening all at once: cabs and trucks splashing, people yelling and laughing and swatting at one another with umbrellas… and under it all, of course, was the roar of the rain itself. When I workshopped the story in which that scene appeared, one or two commenters said it was too over-the-top.
I look at real-life scenes like this and feel better about creating such fictional scenes, y’know?
marta says
Oh, I know.
John says
Had a feeling you’d get it!