1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,560 This is MJ, Author, Artist, Analyzer. I'm coming to you with another 10 minute writing 2 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:11,940 session. This is from March 5th, 2024, from A Grow Bug Tale, Chapter 15. This is Part 3 00:00:11,940 --> 00:00:17,160 8, Session 8 of Writing 10 Minutes at a Time, and this is what I wrote today. 4 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,560 Cinderstripe shifted his eyes between the three and leaned towards Hopper. You might 5 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,520 have, though they wouldn't say it outright. 6 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:27,240 I guess so, Hopper said with a new warmth in his voice. 7 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:28,240 How do you feel about that, Hopper? 8 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:29,860 A bit surprised. 9 00:00:29,860 --> 00:00:32,880 I think they're both a little scary, Hopper confided. 10 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,680 I can see that, the Critterbot Tiger nodded. 11 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:37,280 Follow me. 12 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:41,160 Hopper scrambled along, six legs fumbling as he tried to keep up. 13 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:43,160 Where are we going? 14 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:45,280 I want you to meet the other Guardians. 15 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:46,280 Where are they? 16 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:47,960 They're coming along. 17 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:49,600 I'm the fastest on open land. 18 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,160 I ran ahead of Dino and Monkey. 19 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:55,480 It will be quicker if we head their way. 20 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:56,480 Cinderstripe 21 00:00:56,480 --> 00:00:57,640 And then I ran out of time. 22 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:01,400 So that's where I paused writing for February 5th, 2024. 23 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,560 What did I have to say about this? 24 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,000 I'm not sure. 25 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,360 I was thinking that I was going to have the Critterbot Guardians one by one show up and 26 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:15,120 meet Hopper and have cute fun interactions that way. 27 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:20,240 And instead I had forgotten that I was going to have Widget there, so I had to add Widget 28 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:21,240 in. 29 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:25,720 And then we have a very awkward exchange with Gale Hoot. 30 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:31,640 And then Cinderstripe comes along and it's mostly like gently humorous. 31 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:35,800 Cinderstripe is supposed to be a serious straightforward kind of guy, no nonsense. 32 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:41,360 But he's kind of having fun with this weird Hopper situation because he's not afraid. 33 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:45,060 He's not really intimidated by Hopper and he's trying to gauge him. 34 00:01:45,060 --> 00:01:51,000 He's trying to like de-escalate the situation as opposed to coming on hot and heavy or aggressively 35 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,800 and like causing problems. 36 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:59,800 He wants to gauge Hopper and find out if he's crazy, if he's harmless, if he's got malignant 37 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:03,040 intent, malific intent, negative intent, bad intentions. 38 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:04,520 He wants to see if he has bad intentions. 39 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:08,600 So he's trying to gauge him and he's like kind of tickled by this guy because he doesn't 40 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,200 see him as a threat. 41 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:12,600 But he's also not underestimating him. 42 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,560 He's having him walk with him because he's never really seen a bug creature. 43 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:21,040 Because my thinking is that all the critters on Critterbot Island, or critterbots on Critterbot 44 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:25,640 Island, are like a mammal or reptilian or something like that. 45 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:31,400 None of them are insects which have like six legs. 46 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,640 The dinosaur guy has eight legs or seven tentacles and a tail. 47 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:37,720 I'm not sure, can't remember the exact details. 48 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:41,920 But he's like a dinosaur guy who lives in the water when he can or when he wants to 49 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:42,920 or whatever. 50 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:45,280 So his physiology is a little bit weirder. 51 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:53,280 And then also the monkey guy coming along is a plant animal. 52 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:54,280 He's a plantable. 53 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,400 He's a moving plant. 54 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:03,240 And he or she, I can't remember, it might be a girl or whatever. 55 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,200 The monkey is like riding. 56 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,440 I have this, well anyway, I won't spoil that. 57 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:12,520 But yeah, I have fun ideas for what to do with these guys going forward so that they 58 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:13,800 all get together. 59 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,160 And I know it's weird how this is taking shape. 60 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,360 It's not exactly what I had thought it was going to be. 61 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:19,880 But I still think it's going to be good. 62 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,120 And I am looking forward to seeing how this turns out. 63 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:27,360 I have an idea overall just to get there, you know, to fill in all the blanks in my 64 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,920 roadmap is going to be interesting. 65 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:32,200 I hope you enjoyed that. 66 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,160 Subscribe to keep up with me. 67 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,840 Like and share to help me reach more people like you. 68 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,280 And go to MJMunoz.com to find your next favorite thing. 69 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:42,520 And don't forget to let your voice be heard. 70 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:45,840 Ideas are always better when you're part of the conversation. 71 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:47,400 Until next time, be well. 72 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,080 This is MJ signing out. 73 00:03:50,080 --> 00:04:13,320 This has been a Story Over Everything production.