Picowrimo - Day 1

[ideealisme.livejournal.com]

At twenty past midnight local time!

Greetings all. You know what to do. You know where to do it. Go! :)

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[akane42me.livejournal.com]

Greetings to my Plucky Pico Pals!

The Story: Resolution.
The Goal: 200 words per day.
Background: This is a MFU fic, a gift for Elmey, started a very long time ago. After working on it during the summer Pico, I've been hunting and pecking away at it on and off at an astonishingly slow pace. Slow, even for me:) Working my way through a ***cough cough*** lengthy bout of writer's constipation.

Today I worked on a scene I have labelled in the draft as 'Follow and Swallow'. Solo is about to be captured after meeting a contact at a cafe. I will probably have to tinker with the choreography as I work the whole thing out, but here's some of it:

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A half-block ahead of Solo, a black sedan rounded the corner and pulled over, its engine idling. A second black sedan sped from behind, skidding past him to jump the curb, blocking his path. The rear doors of the car burst open and two stocky men in black coats leaped out. Solo twisted around to find the two men from the café trotting up, their hands digging into the deep side pockets of their winter coats, going for their guns.

Solo transferred the schnecken to his left hand and thrust his right hand into the opening of his coat. He scrabbled around in his inside jacket pocket and snagged the object his contact had passed him: a capsule no larger than a Contac time-release cold pill. He pressed the capsule into the cinnamon roll and took a hasty bite. The capsule was made of titanium, virtually indestructible. It’s going to be time-released, all right, he thought, and swallowed.

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Yay, for this story!

This scene is delightfully visual. I hope escape or rescue is not too long in arriving.

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

I wrote half of the escape before the capture! I really need to write just one thing in order for a change:)

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

200 words a day seems like a very achievable goal, and the word count will soon add up. Your snippet definitely cuts straight to the action! I like the contract between the hi-tech capsule & the cinnamon roll.

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Some days, just siting at the desk to write is an achievement, for me:)

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Good luck!
Very vivid scene!

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Wishing you best of luck with your Pico!

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

A wonderful scene there.

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Looking forward to reading your posts.

[six-old-cars.livejournal.com]

Oh goody! More MFU snippets :)

I love the snark about time release :)

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

Thanks - hee, glad you liked the time-release line.
Best of luck with your story!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

What's a schnecken? I mean I know it's a snail in German, but what is it in this context?

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

It's a frosted cinnamon sweet-roll. 'Snail' is exactly how it got its name - the sweet yeast dough is rolled and cut into slices, and when it's baked it resembles a snail:)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

LOL! Did they have Contacs back then?

I remember Solo in that cafe buying the schnecken.

[akane42me.livejournal.com]

Yup - I wanted to make the time-release joke, but remembered to check if it was invented yet!