“Are we there yet?”
“No, and right now I choose not to tell you when we’ll be there, where ‘there’ is, or what will happen when we get there. But I’ve left some clues for you, and once we’re where there is and the thing that’s going to happen happens you’ll be kicking yourself for not seeing it coming.”
How many other jobs are there where you’re praised for acting like a passive-aggressive fortune-teller?
While some days it may feel like your writerly patience is only good for keeping yourself sane, it’s useful in other ways as well. Knowing what it feels like to wait and having a little time on your hands that can be spent lacing your story with hints of things to come are the perfect ingredients to use in earning the “foreshadowing” merit badge.
This is part of the merit badges for writers series, and may be posted on your site or blog. Have you earned this badge? Will you never earn it? Tell us why in the comments.
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That red balloon is about to float by in the summer sky? I think I see where this is going . . .
Since I write more “stream of consciousness” without exactly knowing where the plot’s going, often I end up foreshadowing without meaning to. Then people expect it when something happens, even though it wasn’t planned.
As a side note, being a passive-aggressive fortune teller is my backup plan if this whole writing thing doesn’t work out.
@Casey: You guessed it, there are 98 more just out of frame.
@anwa: That is the most amazing backup plan ever.