He says, basically, it's well worth it if the work is good enough.
As I recall, he basically says something rather more basic and more sublte than that: she says she's afraid t'll hurt like hell and he says, yeah, so, what's your point? That's what writers do. Not that the work is good enugh, but that if her pain makes the better story, just go feel it, already, and make a better story, because that's what writers do.
Bev, Burden of Memory could be shouting the walls down right now, and it would have to wait a bit. I need a bit of flow on "Cruel Sister". Business is business and income is income, and this is the one my agent wants to pitch. And in fact, it's singing louder to me than BoM is. So, that's fortunate.
I'll send you Soundstrike.
I got inspired. Something that doesn't happen too often, so I thought I'd share. This started out 49 words over the limit. I purged, but I think it still has the same feel. I know I'm too wordy, so I've thought doing a few drabbles might teach me to get to the point.
A Drabble on Falling:
My mother had a fondness for Broadway musicals. When I was young, she would whistle show tunes in the kitchen. They seemed so cheery, nothing to cry over.
More recently, my mother and I often took trips to Milwaukee for musical events. One year we went to see “The Phantom of the Opera.” While I liked it, it didn’t inspire tears any more than the others.
Now, my mother is gone and “Phantom” is coming to the Overture Center here in Madison. My father bought us tickets. The musical is being advertised on TV constantly. And, now, my tears fall.
Aw. Sail, that's a lovely ping of memory.
Thanks, deb. I've been following the drabbles in the LJ version of Great Write, but I don't know that I'm ready to expose myself to that large a community yet. I know and trust you guys. I'll expand my horizons when I feel a little more comfortable.
Sail, I'm a big fan of comfort zones for this kind of work. Anything that's needed to get the writer comfortable enough to tell the story is a damned good thing.
I've had an epiphany. Can I share?
Yes, but you have to wait until January 6th.
I was just about to say, hmmmm, rusty on the whole Christian calendar thing, but surely Epiphany....
Sail beats me to it.
