Thank you! :) That's pretty much exactly what I was hoping for, so it works beautifully with the plot I'd had in mind. (Well, this one tiny bit of the plot, anyway.)
(Cell phones make life more convenient, but are so inconvenient for writers - I keep realizing this watching Buffy; there's multiple episodes with problems that would be easily solved with easy lines of communication...)
LOL, I know. It's been really interesting to see cell phones get integrated into so many shows over the last few years, from SPN to NCIS! And it's something I have to constantly keep in mind when I'm writing, especially since I grew up without cell phones and still don't have one myself, so I have to remind myself that most of the rest of the world does ...
In a way, though, it's a "six of one, half a dozen of the other" situation for a writer. On the one hand, there are a ton of old standby plots that no longer work in their classic form without taking cells into account. On the other hand, it means that we have to think more carefully about those old plots and write them in new, fresh ways -- and cell phones open up whole new avenues for complicating the plot in fresh and interesting ways, as well!
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(Cell phones make life more convenient, but are so inconvenient for writers - I keep realizing this watching Buffy; there's multiple episodes with problems that would be easily solved with easy lines of communication...)
LOL, I know. It's been really interesting to see cell phones get integrated into so many shows over the last few years, from SPN to NCIS! And it's something I have to constantly keep in mind when I'm writing, especially since I grew up without cell phones and still don't have one myself, so I have to remind myself that most of the rest of the world does ...
In a way, though, it's a "six of one, half a dozen of the other" situation for a writer. On the one hand, there are a ton of old standby plots that no longer work in their classic form without taking cells into account. On the other hand, it means that we have to think more carefully about those old plots and write them in new, fresh ways -- and cell phones open up whole new avenues for complicating the plot in fresh and interesting ways, as well!