STORYSPACE & PROJECTS: Rewrite
Rolling back around to the creative edge of the project, after doing a lot of work on the fiddling with presentation via the typeface and box sizes–a pull down the edit ruler, change, save, put up the edit ruler, save again for each writing space. Realized that saving immediately after a change, such as moving the box or changing its size, is the best bet rather than moving on to the next and saving a few at a time when a major change is being made.
On the writing end, there are still plenty of things I’m curious about in each of the stories–after doubling them in word count (or at least write spaces)–but first there’s a major overhaul begging to be done on one of them. One path is a rather sad reflection brought up by memories and possibilities. Another is rather whimsical on the surface yet holds the key to learning the consequences of choice. The last story is perhaps a less romantic, more realistic acceptance of where we lead ourselves. But one story appears shallow. The character himself, with each addition of discovery, only gets worse.
I either try to expose the better side of this character if it exists, or I’m going to redeem him. My tactic is to ask some things of him and see how he chooses to handle them.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology