A non-sequential series of fictional shorts:
A Purloined Kiss
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But a well crafted story just the same… Thanks!
This one I didn't understand, most likely because I have no frame of reference for the protagonists…
Neither really did I, but I tried to get out of my comfort zone as a writer and to craft a story that dealt with things beyond my particular ken in a way that held together. It's easy to do in a short – very difficult to do and remain credible in a novel.
Coming from you, that's high praise. Thank you.
The Sheik will post up on 5/25 and my writing challenge from Lone Star Parson, Solstice in Austin will post up on 5/27. They are more in line with my usual writing topics – a bit edgy with some plot twisting. There is another writing challenge piece that will post up on 5/29, I think (not sure of the date that I put it up).
Because I'm traveling here and there, I pre-post most of these blog entries.
I'm working on one with George Armstrong Custer (not at the time of the massacre) titled "Ringlets" – a nickname given him by his troopers. It's not coming together the way that I'd like it to – and it may never make it to the blog.
Some people smoke, whittle or knit when they need to occupy time. I write. I feel that if I write enough, that I may write well one day. But by then I'll be in my dotage and none of it will make sense.
I really enjoyed that, thank you.
Sometimes being true does work out.
"To thine own self be true." Shakespeare wrote it and it's timeless.
It works for me. I enjoyed this. It moved me in a non sappy way, so….result!
Thanks Jules. It's tough to know how to handle some of these themes that are out of my comfort zone. However, working a story outside of what's easier to write helps broaden the craft. I appreciate your feedback.