Me: *sees an interesting submission call*
Brain: *outlines a suitable short story*
Me: “Great! Now let’s write it…”
Brain: *looks around frantically trying to figure out who I could possibly be talking to, because it certainly didn’t sign up for that kind of work*
I’ve managed to cajole my brain into writing the first of three scenes for the story. If it could escape my harsh task-mastering, I think my brain would go curl up in a nice warm sock drawer and read instead.