Friday Writing and Thoughts on TC Boyle

Wrote for about an hour. Decided to expand on a character that I’d just told about before. I hope this is the right thing to do.

Also went in and edited the outline. It helped to add stuff that I’ve written, and to see it in that bare bones state. A reminder of what the story is that I’m trying to tell.

Have been listening to T.C. Boyle short stories (Afer the Plague) in the car for the past week. He’s an amazing storyteller. He’s really good at making you see how a character can come to a conclusion and set out upon a course of action that you may think is absolutely wrong, misguided or crazy, but you believe that the character believes it. That moment of committment to a course of action is really critical and fascinating.

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