*Amy stands up disgruntled again.* "Jeez. I keep forgetting that I'm here." *she stomps out of the room and returns with a couple of fluffy cushions which she plumps up in a corner.* "Well, if I'm stayin' then I might as well be comfortable"
"It is curious how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want."
The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don’t write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid’s burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance. — Richard Price