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Healthy mix of plotting and pantsing for me. I do tend to give myself a barebones framework to go off of, but more often than not I stray from it, because the characters start taking over and wanting something different than the direction I've chosen for them. So I often just let it guide itself, and jump in when necessary.

I mostly need to learn how to let things go. I can't seem to stop editing and fine-tuning, which is something of an accomplishment in and of itself, since, me being me, I've always had an inclination to over-write (see: literally any of my posts here 😅 ). I then get into my head about things and want to just edit and fine-tune it into oblivion, because I know deep down (or, honestly, not so deep down) I don't want anyone I care about to read it and think I suck. It was hard enough getting a lot of folks in my life to take my desire to act and write seriously, so now I have that urge to over-deliver. I know it's totally okay to have pieces that are just written solely for you and not for an audience, but the problem is I want an audience for this particular piece, but I'm also terrified of the audience rejecting it, so it's a dilemma. I'm working on it in therapy. 😂
 
My kitchen sink started backing up a couple weeks ago. It finally reached a breaking point on Friday, when it took minutes/hours to drain.

To put my handyman skills in perspective: I can fix a computer. I can't fix a car.

Well, I'm also a cheap bastard. On my father-in-law's advice, I went to the local hardware store and bought a 50-foot drain auger. It took me about two and a half hours to force the thing 30 feet into my drain line enough times to clear the clog, clean up the resulting kitchen mess, and shower afterward, but the kitchen sink flows free again. Hooray for not spending $500 on a plumber?
 
Ru1977 said:
I mean... I have a hard time getting it off without her, so...

What? What's so funny? What I say?
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I hope it doesn't malfunction and send you into her Sarlaac Pit. Or would that be a good thing in this scenario?

TheSameIdiot said:
My kitchen sink started backing up a couple weeks ago. It finally reached a breaking point on Friday, when it took minutes/hours to drain.

To put my handyman skills in perspective: I can fix a computer. I can't fix a car.

Well, I'm also a cheap bastard. On my father-in-law's advice, I went to the local hardware store and bought a 50-foot drain auger. It took me about two and a half hours to force the thing 30 feet into my drain line enough times to clear the clog, clean up the resulting kitchen mess, and shower afterward, but the kitchen sink flows free again. Hooray for not spending $500 on a plumber?
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Kudos to you! I learned the hard way a couple years back that you really gotta be careful what you put down your kitchen sink if you don't have a garbage disposal, which, here in NY, few people I know have. Had food-filled water come up out of my bathroom sink for a good hour or so- even after I turned the water off to my sink; still not entirely sure how. The rooms are quite separated, and my landlord swears the pipes aren't connected, but my drain suggested otherwise. Thank God for Drano, or I'd probably still be picking food out of my bathroom floor. Point is, I don't begrudge anyone dealing with drain stuff- it's amazing what happens to any sort of thing- food, hair, etc. that goes down a drain and forms a gloopy smelly sludge. Ah, the joys of living alone.
 
joshsquash729 said:
Or would that be a good thing in this scenario?
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