Last night I watched the new episode of Medium that I'd taped on Monday. The episode began with our heroine, Allison, walking down a long, lonely hallway. She's walking, walking. Mildly spooky. Then, suddenly, a growl. I perk up. Could it be? Could…it…be???
I sit forward in my seat, literally on the edge. I'm holding my breath. There's a bubble of tension surrounding me and the furry little cat sitting in my lap. Another growl. Oh, surely the screenwriter wouldn't tease me, right?
Allison picks up her pace. Now we see that she's in an airport. She looks back. She sees…YES!!!!
A ravenous wolf!
In an airport!!!
And not one of those cheesy CGI chupacabra-wolf hybrids, either. This is the real thing. (Well, it looks like it might have some malamute or husky mixed in, but at least it isn't CGI.)
The wolf chases Allison through the airport. Across the food court. Up the escalator (who knew wolves don't mind escalators?) She runs out of places to go. She turns. The wolf snarls. Totally riveting.
Okay, so it turns out to be a dream. The fact that she was wearing a Little Red Riding Hood cape should have been a clue. But hey…it was a wolf! In an airport!
See? Do you see what I've been saying for months now, how wolves can be so useful as plot devices? I'll bet the screenwriter saw The Day After Tomorrow and said, "You know, I'll bet that I too can insert wolves into my story in the most unexpected and implausible way possible."
And okay, the dream thing is cheating a little, but it still worked. I was hooked. :laugh:
On a different note…I swore I wasn't going to do this, wasn't going to discuss every entry at Romancing The Blog, but today I have to say that Shannon's post needs to be read and raved about. It is abso-freaking-lutely brilliant. Congrats, Shannon, on a fabulous post!
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So THAT’S what my wip needs. Wolves! :hehe:
by Suzanne
on January 28th, 2005 at 7:21 am
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Suzanne…yes!!! EVERY WIP needs wolves. It’s best if they come out of nowhere for no reason, but you know, they’re versatile and can add a certain…something, to every book no matter how they are used! 
by Larissa
on January 28th, 2005 at 7:40 am
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I visit here regularly, Larissa… but this time… *Suzanne* sent me! She said this is where the party is this week!
Love, Wendy 
by Wendywoo
on January 28th, 2005 at 7:59 am
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Crap! I forgot to put a wolf in it!
I was also going to make this big reference about how, if your book is a giant Russian tanker, you should be careful to label the medications in your infirmary in English so the readers can identify them.
Thanks for the kind words, Larissa. I felt like I was kind of beating a dead horse, but if I’m still struggling with it, other people must be too. (Or there’s always the possibility it’s just me.) :hehe:
by Shannon
on January 28th, 2005 at 8:35 am
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This time Suzanne sent me, too. And here’s your beer and Godiva. I’m on a diet so I didn’t take any for myself. 
Hmmm….now I have to think of how to insert wolves into a story about a cowboy lawman and a woman running away from her past….or in another story where a gal is stranded on an island with two hunky guys….
Hugs!
Chey
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Hi, Larissa! Suzanne sent me!
Now you’ve got me wondering how I sneak a wolf into a 1920s Hollywood murder mystery….
by Vicki
on January 28th, 2005 at 8:54 am
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I love Medium and definitely thought of your great entry about wolves. The bad cop’s name ended up being Wolf, too. What a riot!
P.S. Suzanne sent me, but I would have stopped by anyway.
by Joely
on January 28th, 2005 at 9:25 am
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Suzanne sent me! Great blog!
by Tracy
on January 28th, 2005 at 9:28 am
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*Suzanne sent me!* Great blog and to add to the wolf discussion..DH and I owe a Harley and there is a baying wolf painted on the saddle bags..aaarrroooooo!
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I’m a regular, too, but I’m posting because Suzanne sent me :laugh:
by Margee
on January 28th, 2005 at 11:51 am
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Larissa, I really liked that episode of Medium. I think it’s an interesting take on the whole psychic business and certainly the most down to earth. I love that the couple bickers. You can never go wrong with a wolf in your story.
by Jordan
on January 28th, 2005 at 12:24 pm
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I thought of you when I saw that! I was wondering if you were watching yellign I TOLD YOU SO, at the tv. 
by Sasha
on January 28th, 2005 at 1:24 pm
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I’m loving all the new wolf = blockbuster converts!
And I love Medium - it’s my new favorite show. How did I miss this particular episode?
by Steph T.
on January 28th, 2005 at 2:12 pm
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I haven’t seen it yet because it’s on opposite CSI: Miami. But if they don’t have a scene with Horatio running for his HUMMER to escape a pack of wolves, I might have to switch.
by Shannon
on January 28th, 2005 at 3:02 pm
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Hi, everyone! Cool to see the new faces…and now I have new blogs to visit!
Shannon, CSI: Miami would definitely benefit from a scene like that. Maybe the wolves could eat Horatio. That would be unexpected–and fun!
by Larissa
on January 28th, 2005 at 3:42 pm
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He’d probably even have to take his hands off his hips. :cry:
by Shannon
on January 28th, 2005 at 6:13 pm
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And actually LOOK at the wolves instead of talking to them while looking off to the side somewhere! LOL
by Larissa
on January 28th, 2005 at 6:25 pm
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And he’d have to raise his voice higher than a vaguely threatening mumur. gg
lol, on the wolves! I really think you’re on to something here. gg.
by Jaq
on January 28th, 2005 at 7:49 pm
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Is it possible to look over the tops of your sunglasses while running for your life?
And, having lived through his NYPD Blue days, we know he’ll be pausing every few steps to say "You okay with that?" in that vague murmur.
by Shannon
on January 28th, 2005 at 11:05 pm
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I was actually going to blog about Medium but well I got distracted. The show was great but did you SEE the female security guard at the end?
Two women run by.
She stands there :O
A man runs by waving a gun, she oh-so-nonchallantly gets on the radio :crazy:
What thaaaaaaaaa???
Never takes chase, never looks surprised, never perks up and stands at attention…she just stands there. HELLOOO??!?!
by Cece
on January 29th, 2005 at 7:37 am
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hey let me help your incert a wolf, i’m cheezey!! lets see hmm..
after the storm came thru, chris found a broken cage on the beach, and gulp.. footprints of wolves!!
hahahaha lol!
by mail
on January 29th, 2005 at 9:17 am
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:crazy: oops forgot to spell check! **insert***
by mail
on January 29th, 2005 at 9:19 am
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:crazy: crap! frikin hands! half asleep over excited can you wipe out my email wax? :blush:
by mail
on January 29th, 2005 at 9:23 am
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I am loving this wolf idea. I think putting a wolf in my contemporary humorous series romance will help me write the pages much, much faster.
Julie
(Oh and Suzanne sent me, though I was going to come following your post on my blog, anyway. )
by Julie
on January 29th, 2005 at 11:55 am
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Hey! I wanna get a wolf Oooh, wait, did someone mention Horatio? Maybe the sunglasses would scare the wolf onto the elevator, only the elevator is out, and the wolf plummets 30 stories to it’s "almost death" and Horatio says, "I guess YOU won’t be crying WOLF anymore."
by Katie
on January 29th, 2005 at 12:53 pm
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A wolf! A wolf will cure my writer’s block. Actually a Scott Cohen Wolf would be nice . . . sigh . . . but he’s taken. No Wolf hero in my new WIP.
And wolves don’t live in Georgia. How can I get some wolves into my WIP set in Valdosta, Georgia . . . hmmm . . .
by Linda
on January 29th, 2005 at 6:59 pm
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LOL–you guys are cracking me up.
Julie, wolves always make the writing go faster.
And Linda…that’s the beauty of ravenous wolves. You don’t NEED to justify their being there. I mean, what fun is that? And if you DO justify their being there, you have to do it in a totally implausible way.
Like they were on a cargo plane from a zoo in Bangladesh, and the plane was shot down by Air Force fighters from the base in Valdosta, and the wolves survived, but are now super angry from being nearly burned alive. And maybe they mutated, too, because the cargo plane was carrying nuclear materials that were smuggled aboard by the unscrupulous crew who were paid by Russian spies.
See? Now your wolves have a reason to be in Valdosta.
by Larissa
on January 29th, 2005 at 10:14 pm
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BTW, my brother lives in Valdosta!
by Larissa
on January 29th, 2005 at 10:16 pm
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[…] Can you say Wolves jumping the Chupacubra Shark, boys and girls? I knew you could. Though I must admit I was pleasantly surprised by John Cena’s acting ability (and size), every explosion was SO OVER THE TOP. I’ve never seen someone run 900 mph through the woods to track a group of people. Is throwing down in a Meth Lab really a great idea? Though seeing him do a flip to break out of the chair they had him tied to was great. The kicker was when John Cena’s character did CPR on his wife WRONG, TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY WRONG and she came back to life right before the bad man, who was on fire, came out of the flames for Round 9,569,436,120. […]
