Madeleine is confident that she will finish Story #2 by mid-August--even though today is her day off (i.e., no office) and she has not worked on Story #2. She has been thinking about it, though, and she did finish her first, quick draft yesterday, and she has been working on some other things.
Why is she confident? Just a feeling; something has changed in Madeleine. Or she believes that something has changed. Why is she working on "other things?" Because Madeleine wants to get things done. Other people get things done, so why shouldn't she?
Madeleine remembers writing posts in the third person in the early days of the Mildred. At some point she switched to first person. Today, making one of the sweeping generalizations that she often makes (and that drive Our Dear Reader crazy), she decides that most great works are written in the third person, so, confidence swelling, she decides to write this entry in the third person.
She is not so confident in this entry, though, so tomorrow and thereafter she will return to first person. (Confidence wanes as she reads over this entry....)
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Agnes loves this post. Agnes loves this side of Madeleine! (It is NOT a "new" Madeleine.)
ReplyDeleteDoes ODR really dislike sweeping generalizations? Agnes thinks, perhaps, ODR might have employed an SG or two in her day... just sayin'