Aldon, I'll have to admit the concept for your NaNo novel has me intrigued. Can you give us an idea of how it develops? Is the Eliza character computer illiterate? My teeth aren't any whiter since the start of NaNo but my carpets are much cleaner.
ahynes1
· 1 month ago
Patricia,
Unlike Eliza Doolittle in Shaw's Pygmalion, Liza will be completely a creation of her creators, more like the original Pygmalion statue from Greek mythology. However, instead of being created out of marble, she is created complete online. Hank and Pickles create a Facebook account for Liza, establish a circle of friends, post events that she is involved in, and so on, until there ends up being a few problems with the creation.
So, here are a few paragraphs where the idea gets presented:
“I’ve got it!” explained Pickles. “Let’s create the perfect woman.” Hank put his head in his hands shaking it back and forth and just chuckled. He looked up at Pickles, stretched out his hand, the palm facing up to heaven in some sort of supplication, and opened his mouth as if to say something.
After a few moments when no words came, he finally managed to say, “And how do you propose we do that?” He didn’t express other concerns. He feared that Pickles view of the perfect woman amounted to amalgamation of an airbrushed porn star and whomever he had had his most recent one night stand with. Pickles sure didn’t understand the complexities of a woman or how to fit all the details of a human being together.
Pickles didn’t miss a beat. “We can create her online. We can make a Facebook page, and Twitter account and set her up on LinkedIn and a host of other sites. It would be really cool.”
Hank, ever thinking of the details, responded with a litany: “What will she look like? Will she have a photo? Where will she live? What will she do? Perhaps most importantly, who will be her friend on these sites?”
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Unlike Eliza Doolittle in Shaw's Pygmalion, Liza will be completely a creation of her creators, more like the original Pygmalion statue from Greek mythology. However, instead of being created out of marble, she is created complete online. Hank and Pickles create a Facebook account for Liza, establish a circle of friends, post events that she is involved in, and so on, until there ends up being a few problems with the creation.
So, here are a few paragraphs where the idea gets presented:
“I’ve got it!” explained Pickles. “Let’s create the perfect woman.” Hank put his head in his hands shaking it back and forth and just chuckled. He looked up at Pickles, stretched out his hand, the palm facing up to heaven in some sort of supplication, and opened his mouth as if to say something.
After a few moments when no words came, he finally managed to say, “And how do you propose we do that?” He didn’t express other concerns. He feared that Pickles view of the perfect woman amounted to amalgamation of an airbrushed porn star and whomever he had had his most recent one night stand with. Pickles sure didn’t understand the complexities of a woman or how to fit all the details of a human being together.
Pickles didn’t miss a beat. “We can create her online. We can make a Facebook page, and Twitter account and set her up on LinkedIn and a host of other sites. It would be really cool.”
Hank, ever thinking of the details, responded with a litany: “What will she look like? Will she have a photo? Where will she live? What will she do? Perhaps most importantly, who will be her friend on these sites?”