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The next day, in school, as Daria has read all books assigned to English class, [[Timothy O'Neill|O'Neill]] gives her a special assignment: to write a fictional story using real persons as characters.
Daria finds difficulty with the work. At the Lane's, as [[Jane Lane|Jane]] is painting and making suggestions, Daria writes and throws away two drafts, one
The next day, Daria laments to Jane her lack of progress in writing, confusing her friend about what kind of story she wants to write. That evening, as Helen tries again unsuccessfully to approach her, another emergency with Jake in the kitchen gives Daria another idea: in medieval times, knight Jake meets witch Helen, demanding to see his future, but the witch insists in payment before lamenting women's lack of power. Then
The following day, Daria goes to see O'Neill, explains her lack of progress and frustration and requests not to write the story. The teacher encourages her instead, adding the requirement of using a game of cards in the story. Daria tries using this into the previous medieval story (this time starring [[Mack Mackenzie|Mack]] and [[Jodie Landon|Jodie]]), but ends up also throwing it away.
The next evening, Helen once again finds Daria
''A few years into the future, adults Daria and Quinn visit their parents. Grey-haired Helen and Jake have now retired, with Jake having had heart surgery. As to the daughters, Daria is married to a college professor called Marcello and writes opinion columns, still defending the same ideas she had in
Daria anxiously shows her mother her story. Helen, after reading it, tears up and hugs her daughter.
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==Daria's Reading Material==
The book Daria is reading for school is [
Books with "moral dimensions" that O'Neill lists on the blackboard are: 1984 by George Orwell, Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac, and Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. Considering the subject matter and style of some of these stories/writers, this list is quite surprising for O'Neill.
Daria's second story implies she's read Jane Austen.
==Trivia==
O'Neill's assignment does challenge Daria, making this the one episode where O'Neill's ideas work instead of comically failing.
Daria tells Helen "nobody [at school] talked to me again this week": her phrasing and bored tone indicates that this level of ostracisation is status quo. The other episodes, however, repeatedly show people talking to Daria, because otherwise no plot can take place, and this seems to bother her more than when they ''don't''.
In "[[Psycho Therapy]]", Daria will explain that she tries to shut down conversations with her mother because she knows Helen will "hang on every word" and that makes her feel uncomfortable.
Daria chooses [[Jamie White]] as Quinn's future husband. No reason is given for this choice, though it may have just been random, as "[[Lucky Strike]]" shows that she cannot keep track of which [[Three Js|J]] is which.
Daria also has [[Jesse Moreno]] as Jane's "suitor", though he never went after Jane in the series. An early pairing in fanfics was Jesse/Jane, however.
The first story with Quinn has her suffering emotionally (and then physically) because everyone wants her to be like Daria, a rather vicious revenge fantasy - Daria's final story reveals that she actually wishes she could get on with her sister, and that Quinn was a wildly different person so this could happen. Season 5 would later show Quinn and Daria getting on better without Quinn changing that much.
==“Write Where It Hurts” and Fanfic==
"Marcello" keep turning up in post-canon fanfic as a boyfriend, husband, or ex-relationship of Daria's.
A [[Novelization|novelization]] of [http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ep213_write_where_it_hurts.html this episode] was written by [[Martin J. Pollard]].▼
▲A [[Novelization|novelization]] of [http://
"[[The Other Story of D]]", a dark counterpoint to Daria's story by [[The Angst Guy]].
==External Links==
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* [http://dariablog2.blogspot.com/2008/08/write-on.html "Write On!"] on the [[Daria Fandom Blog II]]
* [https://archiveofourown.org/works/17623430/chapters/41550539 Episode Analysis] by [[WellTemperedClavier]]
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