…it is such a great and useful storytelling tip (i forget who it was but i heard once that you should wrote your story then kill the first half and start from the middle)…nice read brother…
Yes! Jump right in. No back story necessary. " This sentence immediately captured my curiosity and imagination: "...it's a multi-part construction like that of a fresnel lens but without the chromatic aberrations—a truly perfect plane for seeing, well, whatever the viewer thinks of." Wow!
"... a bit of his school uniform, the crest of a Starling sitting atop oak leaves." Your attention to detail - interesting detail, is exceptional.
"... I shall take the time to scour my memory for moments.." Just the exact right word - scour.
A thought-provoking and challenging story. So the man looking into the window must have touched it and connected the past to the present and brought disaster upon himself. It reminds me of Adam and Eve eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. As always, what you leave out is as critical as what to put into the story.
K.C. — Thanks for reading The Window. Yes, a closed-loop death is as good an interpretation as any. I think, as you noted about leaving things out, is the right way to avoid some technobabble and keep the story moving.
I can definitely feel the Bradbury in this! Cool story. I only recently got into Bradbury, and I'm having a great time exploring his shorts! I think my favorite so far is The Next in Line.
…it is such a great and useful storytelling tip (i forget who it was but i heard once that you should wrote your story then kill the first half and start from the middle)…nice read brother…
Agreed: start in the middle. Or, perhaps, the last possible moment. Thanks, as always, for reading. Chibbychow
I agree, with very few exceptions.
Yes! Jump right in. No back story necessary. " This sentence immediately captured my curiosity and imagination: "...it's a multi-part construction like that of a fresnel lens but without the chromatic aberrations—a truly perfect plane for seeing, well, whatever the viewer thinks of." Wow!
"... a bit of his school uniform, the crest of a Starling sitting atop oak leaves." Your attention to detail - interesting detail, is exceptional.
"... I shall take the time to scour my memory for moments.." Just the exact right word - scour.
Thanks Sharron!
A thought-provoking and challenging story. So the man looking into the window must have touched it and connected the past to the present and brought disaster upon himself. It reminds me of Adam and Eve eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. As always, what you leave out is as critical as what to put into the story.
K.C. — Thanks for reading The Window. Yes, a closed-loop death is as good an interpretation as any. I think, as you noted about leaving things out, is the right way to avoid some technobabble and keep the story moving.
The backstory helps clarify why your stories feel like skydiving must, disorienting at first but finally reaching an equilibrium of sorts.
I can definitely feel the Bradbury in this! Cool story. I only recently got into Bradbury, and I'm having a great time exploring his shorts! I think my favorite so far is The Next in Line.