My work got read aloud today in class (among others) and it was heavily recalled, and for the most part, I think people really got the point of the story, really got the feeling I was going for.
The triumph in that is it is probably the piece that is closest to my journal writing style, and yet it still has its own feeling apart from me. Also, it was a rare piece of mostly fiction (I tend to have about half real life instances and half made up scenarios), in which the characters I'd envisioned grew beyond what I'd seen for them, and the scene unfolded in a way I hadn't predicted.
Moreover, I was pleased with the subtle sense of extended metaphor in the piece, something I hadn't noticed I'd done til I read it through a couple times.
Or, as Steve Martin says in my favorite Steve Martin Movie, "Sometimes, I even amaze myself."
If you'd like to read the piece in question, send me an email and I'll send it to you.
1 comment:
Hope you got a chance during your busy schedule of reading, school and work to read the piece.
'sides, it's not too long.
:)
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