STORYSPACE: The Hanging – Touch Points

February 9th, 2008 by Susan

Here’s an example (below) of what I’ve mentioned as far as paths rolling out and reaching towards a natural connection point. Note the blue box labeled “Whiskey”:
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The way the story is flowing is based entirely (up to this point anyway) on backstory since the current resolution of Bonnie’s conflict is known within the first three writing spaces (those in red) which represents the present.

Scott’s conflict is one of understanding and acceptance of what has happened.  What has he missed noticing? What hadn’t he known that was going on in his wife’s life?  What secrets had she kept from him, and, what secrets has he been keeping?

Well some of them come face to face and this particular point appropriately labeled “Whiskey” is one of those meeting points.  Of course what this does to the narrative structure is leave the reader at a dead end–no matter which road he took to get there.  But that’s okay; Susie fix. I like the way this happened and it’s not a case of painting oneself into a corner with hypertext.  There is always a way out.

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