Date: October 18, 2011 01:25 am Title: Chapter 1
Did Toby take the wrong pills at number 5? That's way more depressing than purposefully doing that.
I like the happy number 3 and 4 especially 4 with Karen and the airing and cancellation of the episodes. You really go into Toby's mind.
7 [Report This]Date: September 22, 2008 06:49 pm Title: Chapter 1
Great job getting into Toby's heart and head. My favorite was the one where he goes to work in Utica - I love Karen's reassurances to him:
They went to lunch the day before he officially started and over sandwiches she said, “I just wanted to warn you that this office is very different from Scranton. We don’t have parties every other day, I don’t have strippers come in and I don’t take my employees to the mall for a field trip. There are no beach days. No cameras. We don’t play pranks on each other. We just work and try to meet or, even better, exceed our goals.”
So far that sounded great to him.
“Also,” Karen said, signaling for the bill. “I will never blame you for things that are not your fault, I will never exclude you from any office event and I will never, ever bring up your personal life just to humiliate you.”
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I like writing Karen for some reason; she gets right to the point.
Date: August 27, 2008 12:41 pm Title: Chapter 1
Wow. I don't even know where to start. All of these are so plausible, so fully drawn...I can't chose one tht I find most realistic or even that I like the best (although the last one is very, very sad). I don't know why, but you've connected with Toby in a way that lets you tap into something fundamental about him when you write about him. Great job.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I don't know what it is about writing Toby. I've just always loved him and felt so sorry for him in ways I've rarely felt sorry for a character and I just enjoy writing him in a way I wouldn't Pam or Jim. I don't think I could write those two really. It's like they're interesting enough on TV and I like them both well enough, I just have no desire to write them. Who knows? But I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Date: August 26, 2008 08:08 pm Title: Chapter 1
The world needs more non-jam fic, especially good ones like this. I always love character pieces and this was spot on.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! And I agree completely! I try to balance all the JAM with my bizarre fascination with writing Toby even if there isn't as much of an audience for it.
10 [Report This]Date: August 26, 2008 06:49 am Title: Chapter 1
You nailed it. Very well done.
Author's Response: Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
9 [Report This]Date: August 26, 2008 06:47 am Title: Chapter 1
I really enjoyed this, Steph. Each of the scenarios that you present is plausible. I'm a sucker to the "happy Toby" segment--very nice. I also like his relationship with Kelly. The e-mail and reach-out from Daryl were a nice touch.
Author's Response: Thank you! I love the idea of Happy Toby too - I just wonder if it will happen. And Darryl. Darryl is a good man to have on your side.