26 November 2011

26 November 2011

Oh, what a wonderful holiday weekend!  Family, friends, and a little bit of work; it was absolute heaven!  Definitely recharged body, mind and spirit.  Could not have been better.

Work-wise, it was eye opening.  If anything, it proved that some stories are just not suited for restricted space -- and, on occasion, cannot be opened correctly.  On the latter is where mine fell.  Going back over it, I saw some of the issues.  And, passing it to two readers, the confusion was unavoidable (too much going on, too fast).  The piece, I'm convinced, was not made for a short story.  On top of that, ha ha ha, I ran out of room in the word count.

Eh, win some; lose some.  With a new outline, I'm good to go on a new slant.  There's always a way to tell a story.

A wall is nothing to stop for -- merely a speed bump.

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