Pico Day 22

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Here's today's post for your snippets, comments, thoughts.

Comments

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

I've had a pretty exhausting week and am feeling pretty fragile today. I've managed about 275 words, to which I may or may not return and add more. Here is a little snippet:


Glen stopped half a second after I did, crashing out a vague resolving chord. 'Phyl, that would have been perfect – if you were a robot. Technically, you're much better than you realise, but you need to get the character into it.'

'I'm trying,' I said, miserably.

'Really? From where I'm sitting, it sounds like you're going for angelic choirboy, not hormonal teenage boy. The name's meant to be ironic...'

At this point he shut up, because I burst into tears. This is not something that usually happens in my singing lessons, so it threw him. He dealt with it fairly well, all things considered, passing me a box of tissues and waiting until I'd subsided to the occasional sniff before apologising.

'I'm sorry, Phyl. That was a bit harsh.'

I shook my head and took another tissue. 'Not your fault. I just can't deal with hormonal teenage boys at the moment.'

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

I hope you'll recover a bit over the weekend!

And I love the snippet you've posted - the way in which Phy's trouble with her singing lessons comes to reveal her emotional state. So, what's going on with the hormonal teenage boys in her life?

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

It's one boy in particular - though as I haven't actually written that bit yet he may show up in a future snippet!

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Glen sounds like an excellent music teacher! Hormonal teenage boys can make anyone cry.

I'm sorry you had a bad week--but this is a very good snippet!

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Hormonal teenage boys are pure hell. I should know - I deal with them for a living on a regular basis.
Get better, soon!

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! No, Phyl isn't particularly impressed by them, either!

[saki101.livejournal.com]

Brava for getting any number of words down after an exhausting week.

Poor Phyl, trying to cover up distress while doing something as expressive as singing would be extremely difficult. Small wonder she sounded robotic.