Comments on: 100 DAYS PROJECT: #51 http://susangibb.net/blog2/2009/07/100-days-project-51/ Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:43:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: susan http://susangibb.net/blog2/2009/07/100-days-project-51/comment-page-1/#comment-440 susan Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:56:53 +0000 http://susangibb.net/blog2/?p=1968#comment-440 Thank you! The two came alive for me in the dialogue and that was written straight through to the last writing space--though I knew by then what was going to happen. The side trails for each boy was almost like the get-together after a funeral, where people try to recall just so they'll understand what happened. Tim was what he was and I found it interesting that each boy knew about the other's situations but never talked about it. Wasn't trying to do YA, (since I'm counting on you for that) but wondered as this story was going down, if it was an appropriate piece. I'm thinking now that Tim's homosexuality would be an okay thing since kids tease each other at a much earlier age than this without completely understanding all the implications of it. I don't know; there are likely guidelines set up somewhere. Thank you! The two came alive for me in the dialogue and that was written straight through to the last writing space–though I knew by then what was going to happen. The side trails for each boy was almost like the get-together after a funeral, where people try to recall just so they’ll understand what happened. Tim was what he was and I found it interesting that each boy knew about the other’s situations but never talked about it.

Wasn’t trying to do YA, (since I’m counting on you for that) but wondered as this story was going down, if it was an appropriate piece. I’m thinking now that Tim’s homosexuality would be an okay thing since kids tease each other at a much earlier age than this without completely understanding all the implications of it. I don’t know; there are likely guidelines set up somewhere.

]]> By: mary ellen http://susangibb.net/blog2/2009/07/100-days-project-51/comment-page-1/#comment-437 mary ellen Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:00:01 +0000 http://susangibb.net/blog2/?p=1968#comment-437 Okay, post-reading: this one is stunning. The tone, momentum, topics, and characterization are all tremendous. No smoke, these boys are dead on for a YA story, and so is the daring, bravado, stupidity and compulsion. The prudish side of me wonders about the homoeroticism that enters in the side paths, but I don't honestly know how much of this lit is available. It's a story some kids really need access to. How much of it is vehicle, and how much is embedded in the characters? If this is the story that needs to be told, peace. If you're looking for commercial viability, maybe change this roadblock to something more universal? (Poverty, self-esteem issues...) This would make an awesome linear narrative, with the asides becoming chapter filling. Okay, post-reading: this one is stunning. The tone, momentum, topics, and characterization are all tremendous. No smoke, these boys are dead on for a YA story, and so is the daring, bravado, stupidity and compulsion. The prudish side of me wonders about the homoeroticism that enters in the side paths, but I don’t honestly know how much of this lit is available. It’s a story some kids really need access to. How much of it is vehicle, and how much is embedded in the characters? If this is the story that needs to be told, peace. If you’re looking for commercial viability, maybe change this roadblock to something more universal? (Poverty, self-esteem issues…) This would make an awesome linear narrative, with the asides becoming chapter filling.

]]> By: susan http://susangibb.net/blog2/2009/07/100-days-project-51/comment-page-1/#comment-436 susan Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:59:33 +0000 http://susangibb.net/blog2/?p=1968#comment-436 Yeah, and I killed a kid too, all in the name of art. Yeah, and I killed a kid too, all in the name of art.

]]> By: mary ellen http://susangibb.net/blog2/2009/07/100-days-project-51/comment-page-1/#comment-435 mary ellen Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:46:50 +0000 http://susangibb.net/blog2/?p=1968#comment-435 whoops, you did a #51. you know what that means, don't you, Ms. Gibb. whoops, you did a #51. you know what that means, don’t you, Ms. Gibb.

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