The hubs and I were watching Survivorman. If you don't know what Survivor Man is, it's a show where this one guy puts himself into dangerous landscapes for 7 days with no crews, no food, and very few supplies. As if he was put into that circumstance by some sort of freak accident.
So, we were watching where he was in a desert (which he does a few times if I'm not mistaken((different deserts))) And, I think...I'm being punished for some content in my MS. OR a lesson in how gross I actually made my novel!
It is supposed to be oogy. That's how I wrote it. So, every time someone has mentioned how dark or yuck one part or another is, I'm all "sweeeeeet". Mission accomplished!
But, Les Stroud is demonstrating how to survive in this desert. And at one point, after a day or so with no water and little food he sets up traps. And...catches...half a dozen or so SCORPIONS!
Now...Scorpions are my biggest creepiest gross-out fear. I HATE THEM. HATE. HATE. HATE. HATE.
So, naturally he eats them. BBBBBBLECH!! Crunchy, disgusting, HORRIFYING awfulness. (I tried to put up a picture of some scorpions but I couldn't...I typed it in, found the pictures, then virtually hauled ass! Nope, couldn't do it.)
The cool thing is, I totally nailed the scene without seeing it first! Whoohoo! (IMO)
Experience, I suppose. I don't know if other people will be creeped and grossed out like I mean them to, but I think, if you can pull it off on yourself, then you have accomplished what you wanted.
Sometimes, we just have to suck it up and actually experience some things we never want to just to make it perfect for a novel. AH a writers curse! The rest of my creepy/gross content, however, I will have to just hope I got right. Maybe I need to write a book about a pudgy white girl who moves to a private island with Ryan Reynolds...OH the research I could do!
Check back in Wednesday for another round of What's That Word Verification? !
Don't forget to check out Alexia and my St. Patty's Day blogfest where there are books to be won! Just click on that crazy little guy riding a pig to find out more!
HERE is K. M. Walton's 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Querying. GOOD stuff, for anyone about to, going to, getting ready to, wanting to query!
Lastly, thanks for everyone being so understanding about the bloggy absence a few days a week to do some writing!
Happy Monday!
Awesome! I’m pleased you held off posting a pic of a scorpion.
ReplyDeleteSome of the things Les does totally gross me out. Scorpion eating would be right up there. Ewewew.
ReplyDeleteEww. It always grosses me out when people eat bugs and stuff on TV, but a Scorpion! *shudder*
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, your stuff is pretty gross, but that's good. You want the reader to be like, ew! And yeah, scorpions are gross- but spiders are my worst thing.
ReplyDeleteEwww, I don't even want to THINK about eating scorpions!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you got the gross stuff right. Love the Ryan Reynolds research idea. Holler if you need help. ;-)
ReplyDeletescorpions are not your friends!
ReplyDeleteVery good! I hate it when I write something and then do some research (or happen across another source) and have to rewrite because I got it totally wrong.
ReplyDeleteScorpions are awful though - I don't blame you for being grossed out. I used to be awful about spiders, but I've been trying to talk myself into not freaking out every time I see one (it's only kind of working). Luckily, you don't come across many scorpions in your normal day to day routine (at least let's hope not).
I can't stand the sight of scorpions, and pretty much anything that's small, creepy, and crawly. I can't wait for Wednesday for another round of Word Verification. I love those things. :)
ReplyDeleteIs that the guy who on the one commercial sees a dead seal and cuts it's skin off and puts it on like a wet suit and goes swimming in it?? Ewwww
ReplyDeleteYeah...I think I need to write a book about a dessert island and Ryan Reynolds too...yum yum yum.
Disgusting, huh?
ReplyDeleteaaah grossness! I hate but love those kind of shows....
ReplyDeleteheh. have a great day!
Sign me up to be research for THAT book!
ReplyDeleteI love watching the "survive" type shows, like Man vs. Wild and Survivorman!! Like you, it gives me great inspiration. I feel like my books would be incomplete if some sort of disaster didn't happen.
Thank You, for holding off on the picture. It must be pretty cool to discover you got it right. If you were right about that, I'm sure the rest is equally on target. If you need a research assistant on that island let me know.
ReplyDeleteYou are a better woman than me...I have to change the channel on some of that grossness. I just can't take it!
ReplyDeleteLOL! I haven't thought much about scorpions, but I'm witcha on the whole RR-desert-island thang~ :D
ReplyDeleteAnd I like the new photo! :D <3
I prefer Man vs. Wild... Survivor Man bothers me, maybe because he's more raw I'm not sure, either way give me some bear grylls (minus the episodes where he pees on himself).
ReplyDeleteThose shows can be disturbing. I've seen more than enough animal killings for survival on shows like that.
ReplyDeleteFear of Scorpions is totally irrational. The Zoo, Rock you like a hurricane, come on now. :)
Uh oh, that's pretty icky, though if I were writing a horror or something, I'd probably like to have some scorpions in it... ;-)
ReplyDeleteHappy Monday!
I watch that show. Or I should say watched, since I haven't had time to do it in ages! I have mixed feelings about scorpions. I know I should avoid them and I'm fascinated by them at the same time. But I would NOT want to eat them. :)
ReplyDeleteAAHH *fingers in ears* Glad you nailed your scene!
ReplyDeleteScorpions??? So glad I missed that.
ReplyDeleteI had a comment, but it went away as soon as you mentioned Ryan Reynolds. :)
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I HATE when they eat stuff like that! Erik had that bozo Bear on the other day and he ate a caterpillar. I looked away but heard the crunch, pop and ooze. That poor thing was just living its life until he came along with his stupid reality show and killed it. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteOh my god! a million thanks for not posting a picture of a scorpion. I may have died. And I'm not sure how much exxageration there is there or not. I totally agree with you though. If we aren't freaking ourselves out. Making ourselves cry or what have you... we have no hope of making another person experience the same thing!
ReplyDeleteYou should never be sorry to be absent from writing! Nevah!
ReplyDeleteI mean absent from blogging because of writing...
ReplyDeleteSweet. I have a scorpion scene in the story I'm currently working on.
ReplyDeleteabsences for a few days a week is nothing. i've been gone for weeks. writing is our main thing, right? do it. i'll be back to check out your blogfest! and to add it to our sidebar. i love your word verication weds! and im aaaallllmost ready to query so im excited about the link!!! christy
ReplyDeleteWe don't get that programme over here but it sounds fascinating. Good for you for nailing the scene!
ReplyDeleteYeah, bugs--not my idea of a meal! But I loved the show Man vs. Wild. Haven't seen Survivorman. You write, girl! Write! Write like the wind!
ReplyDeleteBig ew! Cool for you that you nailed the scene, though!
ReplyDeleteI have a hard time reading or watching things that creep me out. Did you see the episode where he gutted a rabbit to use as mittens.
ReplyDeleteOMG! I LOVE me some word verification game!!
ReplyDeleteI can't watch those kinds of shows. To me, being stuck in the desert (or some other God forsaken place) is my ultimate dystopian story. Me no likes dystopian.
Funny, I could handle scorpians crawling around, but you put me some place with giant crickets and I'll die of heart failure on the spot!
Ha! So satisfying to actually nail it, even when (maybe especially when) it's really awful. Well done! I'm cracking up though, at you saying 'sweet' all those times when the boys are grossing out...
ReplyDeleteBarf. I think I would starve to death before I ate crunchy scorpions. Glad you nailed it for your book!
ReplyDeleteLOL Ryan Reynolds... and great post on K.M.'s blog!
My in-laws have this out-of-the-way vaca trailer in no-where'sville AZ. Pop-in-law had a LIVE scorpion in a jar... *pauses to shake of the willies* Needless to say, I'm in no hurry to EVER go back! Thanks for the KM link! :)
ReplyDeleteEw! I watch Survivorman from time to time, but if I've seen that episode, I must have blocked it out. Yuck!
ReplyDeleteAugh, squick! Squick squick SQUICK!
ReplyDeleteSounds a lot like Man Vs. Wild, with Bear Grylls. I watched him eat a sea urchin the other day. It was not a little gross.
Honestly, I think our imagination can fill in the gaps without actually needing the experience. This is why I start by writing out my ass and then go back and check details. LOL
ReplyDeleteNo, no, no. Would not be able to handle the scorpions at all--or anything that crawls around and goes "crunch". LOL
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