“Sheesh! That Susie ! I mean I’ve known some wild girls in my time, but she sure takes the biscuit. She’s real cross with me, and I hate it when she’s cross.” “Well NO! I’m not asleep.” Hobbes drums the fingers of one hand on his opposing forearm, as loudly as he can, to emphasise the point. Hobbes reaches out and switches on the bedside light, then lifts himself up, finally folding his arms.Ĭalvin says “I was only gonna ask if you were asleep yet.
At least Calvin hopes it’s coming from their room. It’s quiet for a time, apart from a faint snoring from Calvin’s Mom and Dad’s room. Now will you shaddup? You need your beauty sleep.” Hobbes tries to go to sleep, while Calvin listens. “My, he’s the industrious one, isn’t he?” Don’t you know anything? He’s not at home yet. Your imagination’s running away with you.” “Like a buzz-saw you mean” says Hobbes thoughtfully. That high, keening sound… there! Hear it? You’ll find the ones I was given, in bold in my post.) There are 3 or 4 of these at regular intervals. Someone chimes in with a phrase, which must then be incorporated into your story. Interruptions is when you start writing with no real idea where your imagination will take you (sort of automatic writing). “The Calvin And Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book” inspired this story, when I took part in an Interruptions writing game. (This book’s been great company in the bathroom, by the way.) It was “The Calvin And Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book” by Bill Watterson, commemorating his own comic strip, which was pretty big in US newspapers in the 80’s and 90’s. Recently, after making a donation, my wife brought home a book of comic strips from a charity table at work.
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