Glare report 9/22/04: Krispy Kreme donut ice palace model

[pegkerr]

Wrote: 450 words. I started out trying to write more on words on a scene I already had and was blocked, blocked, blocked. In desperation, I decided to write something crazy. So I wrote a v. short scene where Jack and Solveig were having a design meeting on the ice palace, and Solveig couldn't come up with any ideas, and so Jack urged her to try to imagine she was building it out of something else entirely. He demonstrates by beginning to construct a model palace out of Krispy Kreme donuts.
Mood: Frustrated out of my mind. I picked up Victoria Nelson's On Writer's Block and paged through it while gnashing my teeth over this little scene.
Notes: I still don't know what the hell I'm doing. I seem to be incapable of constructing a simple declarative sentence. I don't think this will go into the book at all.
BTW: The girls came in and interrupted me five times while I was working on this.

Comments

Uh....

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

"I seem to be incapable of constructing a simple declarative sentence."

For what it's worth, I think you just did.

[aerden.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Very Neat alternate building materials--Have you ever heard of the salt mine chapels in Poland? I can't remember the name of them, but they're incredible, intricately-carved rooms hewn into the walls of a salt mine. They're one of the most awesome things I've ever heard of.

Chantal

[haniaw.livejournal.com]

This is the Wieliczka Salt Mine near Krakow, Poland. I've been there a couple of times and it's one of the most amazing places you could imagine.

...Hania

[kristenj.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's just me, but I like the idea of a model ice palace being contructed out of donuts ...

[wilfulcait.livejournal.com]

No, it's not just you. That was funny. The only thing funnier would be something like laffy taffy, and that's just because of the comic potential inherent in sticky stuff with fake fruit flavors.