I cannot stress this enough, write it poorly. Write the shittiest draft you possibly can, stick ‘ah fuck something happens here and now they’re fighting’ to get over
Write the worst fucking version you possibly can and stick it in a folder and forget it for a month or two before you look at it again. You know what you have now?
A first draft. And with enough time to think some new thoughts about it, you’ll soon end up with a better, second draft! And eventually, you’ll end up with something you’d be perfectly okay with letting other people read!
You’ll never believe this process works no matter how many times you do it, but it totally does. You just have to drag your brain kicking and screaming to that blank page and get the bones down first.
I love that it’s canon that Chloe puts the people she loves as her phone wallpaper. That’s adorable of her, and I love the way this characterizes her! I also think the slight differences in these pictures are interesting as well!
Both Chloe and Rachel are in Rachel’s wallpaper, while Max is the only one in her wallpaper. I’m guessing this is because Rachel and Chloe have more up-to-date pictures together.
Max and Chloe last saw each other five years ago, so they don’t have any pictures together that weren’t just taken. (Max and Chloe take the bed selfie JUST before this scene. All the pictures Max takes before that are just of Chloe.)
Rachel and Chloe’s picture is also black and white while Max’s picture is in color. I think that the heartbreaking symbolism here is that her picture with Rachel is a part of the past while her picture of Max is a part of the present. That’s a soul-crushing detail but one worth pointing out.
Anyway I love Chloe’s phone wallpapers. On surface level they’re adorable and on a deeper level they’re super interesting to analyze.
