Date: October 01, 2019 06:06 pm Title: Chapter 1: A Boring Day
I love the description of the moment Jim and Pam actually meet, and the fact that Pam has a mini fantasy about his hands in that moment.
Also, Roy deserves...something bad to happen to him. Hanging up on Pam's calls on the regular? No...no, no, that is NOT cool.
Love the story!
Author's Response: Thank you! Roy is...not my favorite, though that makes him a lot of fun to write. I'm glad you're enjoying!
1 [Report This]Date: September 25, 2019 02:14 pm Title: Chapter 1: A Boring Day
Comfect!!! Ahh. There’s a certain novel quality about your writing that makes me forget that Jim and Pam are characters on a television show, because they just sound like they’re all yours. I’ve missed that. And I’ve miss the situations you put them in. I am so excited to see what kind of changes are in store for a one-day-late Jim! It’s good to have you back.
Author's Response: AG! Thank you so much, it means a lot to hear positive things from someone whose writing I respect so much. It's good to be back!
Date: September 24, 2019 04:18 pm Title: Chapter 1: A Boring Day
Oh, I am so excited to see something new from you! But...why did you start out with the cliffhanger? Why am I ALREADY wanting to hurt Roy? Why do I have this terrible, horrible knot in my stomach from that summary description?!?! You’re going to kill us a little but with this, aren’t you?
So glad you’re back and many congrats on the new job. Just give everyone an A and come back to writing more of this.
Author's Response: Thanks, DC! I didn't intend to cliffhanger at the start, it just seemed like an ideal place for a POV change and I like doing those at chapter breaks. Roy's always my fave to make you hurt, so glad to know you're onboard for that. Grades given, so we should see some rapid updates now!
1 [Report This]Date: September 24, 2019 10:42 am Title: Chapter 1: A Boring Day
I’m so excited for this! I can’t wait to see what changed based on that one day of difference. That line suggesting the new person was relatively sane for having met Michael and then not coming in to take the job was great. I also loved that whole passage about Roy leaving her at the office. Pam’s slightly passive aggressive internal thoughts around that are just too real.
Congrats on the new job!
Author's Response: Thank you! I'm still debating what specific changes we'll see, but I promise they will be fundamentally long-lasting!
Date: September 24, 2019 10:21 am Title: Chapter 1: A Boring Day
Always great to see something new from you. Very interesting way to start this out. I kind of thought that we'd be in Jim's POV here. It was a little surprising to have have Pam's POV.
Nice set up. You managed to portray Pam-before-Jim in a very real way. Just kind of going through the motions at a boring job with a comfortable albeit still boring life. I'm very much looking forward to seeing how this all pans out.
Author's Response: Thanks, warrior. I wrote the chapter before the description of the fic but now I see how it would indeed be surprising. This will probably basically alternate but not strictly necessarily. I appreciate the kind words on the setup; getting a solid Pam baseline seemed important.