PROJECT: Rewriting, Editing, Filling out a Story
I’m pretty pleased with some additions and changes I made last night to the story that bothered me. In addition to adding to the information we get about one of the main characters, we get a sense of how he got to this particular day in the main thread.
I also suspect that this story–knowing it was the last in the group to be written–was sort of thrown together without happening by itself, just to meet a deadline. It was reflective–as the stories really all are, both in the minds of the characters and hopefully, an introspection will be encouraged within the reader as events have relevancy both to the story and to some aspect of most readers’ lives.
One of the points of human nature and understanding I’ve been dwelling upon for a few years now with more intensity is the notion of perspective, how we each view the same item or thought in a different manner, based on individual experience and personality traits. This project brings those perspectives into conflict as the three main characters recall their interaction of the past, and their relationship in the present. Throw in the woulda, coulda, shoulda’s of life, and there’s no end to the possibilities.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology