Chapter 2 (1/2)
MovingOnProject
“Writing andon have one common: easier said than done”
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Tic Toc Tic Toc
The ticking of the clock was driving Jhing crazy even though the TV fro She can even hear all the way froht for the male lead
Still, it’s not enough
She needed more time
For Jhing, writing was easy She knew she was born to weave letters and words, forraphs, as each resembles life, and stories to be told
But after she opened her laptop, clicked the MS word, and touched the keyboard with her fingers… Jhing blanked out
No words caertips as if her veins decided to not bleed the time when she needed it the most
The first few days of writing ended up in the trash bin She had a fe plots, soe all the ideas to make it a real story
Like a chef, she needed to cook food using all the ingredients on hand; but in the redients out in frustration
Not enough
“It’s probably writer’s block”
When having writer’s block, which soe-watch her favorite series… or maybe read a book; but that takes tooone of her favorite series instead
After a season and a half— Jhing’s brain is still not working properly
Teeks left before the deadline, and still, blank
[I just needasked how her Novella was doing
Fall wasn’t the greatestattention span The reason why Jhing asked Fall was to hear the words‘I haven’t even started’ They would then high five each other for beco comrade for the deadline
Jhing ended up disappointed
No high fives for you, Jhing
[I haven’t startedadmitted
She was asha with ideas! Her home is even the closest one to the co
[Why!?] Fall asked
[I have lots of ideas but… I still can’t write ah I already wrote and deleted for four times noere you able to write half of your manuscript so quick?]
Even if they were only talking through chat, Jhing can feel the pride leaking our fro one cheat sheet per chapter until you reach the ending so you won’t get lost]
[That’s too controlled ah] she typed, [My ideas will be limited if I do it like that]
And as a writer, no one wants to write with restriction Every writer wants freedom
[Duuide! It’s fine if you don’t follow the story as it is, okay?]
[What’s the use of the outline if you don’t follow it anyway?]
A GIF of a girl rolling eyes aniot as a reply She could al me?]
[Just write!!!]
That’s what she tried to do
And nope Still nothing
Frustrated, and coffee in her hand, Jhing stared blankly at the door of the elevator the next workday She was also in a daze as she traveled to the higher floor where her office is Jhing sat on her chair and glanced at the one and only family picture she had which was almost covered by the notes on the corkboard
“Huh? Is there a funeral today?”
Jhing doesn’t need to turn her head to find out ns that bubbly voice— July, her co-editor While checking her e tried to smile at her
“Girl, it looks creepy!”
Jhing quickly frowned at her words which nored that crazy person as she opens the lateston page 43 She was devastated when she saw the 300 plus pages waiting for her
Fine! I know that! I know that I’m not a princess, but he’s also not a prince anyway ah?! I just wanted a fairy tale I just wanted a happy ending to our story Is there so each other but why does the world keep ruining it?! We already did everything but hy can’twe have a happily ever after?!!!!
Aahhh! It’s deafening!
If this was a paper, there’s a huge possibility that Jhing will set thisas an editor to the co found out one of her pet peeves
Shouting! Voices! All! Over! The! Manuscript! It! Hurts!
shi+t
As she corrected the punctuationvoice!’of the narration, July giggled after Jhing posted a comment
The exclamation point (ssssss!!!!)pls stop
Note: Dear Jhing, delete this comment after
“If you forget to delete that note before sending it back to the author, you’ll get killed”
Jhing sighed, finally changing the co experience, and it looks more professional to use ()’
“Better,” July said
“We should also tell them how to fix their stories”
“You know huet their butthurt”
Jhing held her head in pain as she replied, “My eyes felt butthurt because of thes”
She wasn’t really the joker type of a person Her hu dead
RIP
Ohh, at one tihed because it’s true and—oh, shi+t
Nevermind, it doesn’t matter
The point is, it’s either Jhing’s hu
“What’s wrong with you? You look cranky”
Or July just wanted to laugh at Jhing’s crankiness
“Nothing” Jhing sipped her coffee, trying to drown herself in anger
“Ows? Seriously, what happened?”
With hesitation, Jhing peered at their surroundings Everyone has their own bubble Most of the
Defeated and frustrated, she confessed, “I haven’t started my novella yet”
July frowned “Why not? I was even excited to edit yours!”
“I can’t write anything Writer’s block”
As Jhing thought about what she did this past week, ie: nothing… she felt really weak This is a big project To be part of this project was a good thing, your novella have a chance to get a movie adaption
Once picked, she’ll be one step closer towards her goal to becos she wanted after giving her siblings a bright future and her Moood life
But look at her brain getting emptied out
That bright future? It becaht
“Did you try writing a story based on a real-life experience?”
And with that being said, his face instantly appeared inside her et… Jhing started choking on her coffee
“Real-life? Experience? And whatlike that”
Of course, July didn’t believe her “Nothing at all? Not one bit? Even if it’s just a mere half romance?”
shi+t Thatquickly drinks her coffee once again She almost spilled the drink all over her clothes but she didn’t notice it at all
No! Stop!
“Agh, whatever!”
At break ti didn’t join the others for lunch out to try outlining her Novella She started writing the first chapter and typed:
Strangers, life of guy and a girl who intersected at the coffee shop at this particular tiuy finally stood up froirl, and said ‘hi’
Jhing felt her eyes blurred for staring at Word for a long ti to continue what she started
The total word count was 48, including the ‘Chapter 1’
Wait!
50 words, okay?
That includes the ‘Chapter 2’
Then nothing