Talk:Your Character (Home for the Holidays)/@comment-34381956-20180202004849/@comment-34381956-20180205021526

I know she needs to work on a lot of things. I just...an alarm clock? Really?

What I hope happens next chapter is something along the lines of:

MC's mom (or another character that seems reasonable and that the MC would listen to) pulls MC aside and points out how irrational and unprofessional she's being. MC continues to argue about how unfair it is that her scheming didn't work, but realizes halfway through that she's being childish and that her mom (or whoever) is right. MC then calls Nick to apologize and to let him know that she's going to finish reading all the manuscripts he left to see if there's anything else in the pile they may want to publish later in the year (/in addition to the one Nick is running off to negotiate for). Nick warns her that this kind of behavior is unprofessional, but he's going to cut her some slack this one time since she's clearly new to the industry. If she can agree to keep their work and personal lives separate, they can continue giving their romance a shot (for the people who picked him), but she can't be all "does our relationship mean nothing to you?" every time he doesn't pick her favorite manuscript for publication.

What I assume is more likely to happen next chapter:

Nick realizes that he's being a jerk and decides to stay in Winter Haven and give Holly's book a real chance. When he finally makes it all the way through her book, he realizes it's the most awesome book ever and he's glad he passed up on publishing the next big thing from the NYT Author of the Year. And also, he's visited by ghosts of Founders Festival past, present, and future and his heart grows three sizes.