Whatever 2

Nico: I prefer stupid trees to clever ones; it's easier to cheat them for small change.

Helmine: She makes even less sense than usual.

Sebastian: But I like her that way.

Weft: She wouldn't be the same if she wasn't completely raving insane.

...

Nico: Isn't it nice that we have something in common, Weft?

Weft: Have we? What?

Mutt: *stuffs fist in mouth and manages not to laugh*

Weft: I think I annoyed Sebastian so much that he's speechless.

Nico: For completely unfathomable reasons people think we're... weird.

Weft: *sniff* They hate us because our costumes are byewtiful. Truly we are the oppressed minority. *drama pose!*

*choking on meat pie*

Nico: I thought he was the one with the dress sense. *points at Sebastian*

Or possibly Shii.

Weft: Nobody would dare oppress any of that clan. Not twice.

Besides, a little file called shinies.jpg sitting on my hard disk proves otherwise. *throws up the horns, ducks and runs*

*chews lip, hems*

I'm trying!

Would acupuncture help you think better? *helpful!*

It would certainly help me think about calling you nuts, just as nuts as the people who think you can do CPR through reflexology...

When I said acupuncture, I did in fact mean "stabbing you".

I'm not surprised.

"Trying" meaning you'd like to change something, or can we just go ahead?

Nooo, I just can't get this done, is the problem. I start, delete, start again, delete delete aaargh.

I generally find... hmm.

Streamline what you're going to say, and say it plainly... and no deletions until you reach the end of that chapter/scene/post. After putting down the final full stop, you can go back and redo the entire thing if you like. The point is isolating exactly what you're trying to say and getting it down, which is the most important hurdle - if your brain is anything like mine has been recently, anyway.

I cheated.