100 DAYS PROJECT: #31
Eugene the Flying Machine
Had to dig into my file of opening lines for this one. I was looking for a theme of parent-child relationships and a sense of growth in character. All I had on this story was a 75-word opening paragraph with no idea of where it was going. I changed it around a lot, cut out a lot and voila! Had a story opening for hypertext but still without any idea of where it was going.
There’s magical realism–couldn’t quite do the fairy tale feel, maybe because of the grey rainy day–but it started taking a serious turn. Maybe also because of the rain.
There’s satisfaction in knowing that Eugene and his story has finally been told. There’s even more satisfaction in knowing there’s a whole file of opening lines and ideas if I ever get stumped for story again.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology
June 22nd, 2009 at 7:28 am
I shouldn’t have made a list of names up–you guys keep taking them!