It's 3am...and I'm close to toasted....but other than being hours late the train ride was worth it. I got a lot of writing done because Amtrak does, at least, provide you with power so you can keep your laptop going. Few airlines do.
I couldn't even begin to think of anything to add to CK on the trip back to Buffalo, so I
worked more on UG and found out why
Dev and Reg were knocking at my door. For the first time Dev realizes he did
something wrong, evil, without justification to Reg, and it's tearing at him.
For the first time in his escapades, he feels guilt...and this guilt becomes
the driving force behind the rest of the story. He's subconsciously trying to
make up for his past deeds by helping find a serial killer.
Shit -- another story about redemption. Am I getting caught
in some stupid loop, again? Working something out in my own scrambled brain?
Dunno.
But I do find it interesting that I'm distilling stories
down to a single word. Like OT is
about abandonment. LD is really about
renewal. BC is about acceptance. A65 is about closure. Hmm...does that
work as a single word distillation?
Anyway, the reason I find it interesting is how much I like
long explanations of my stories. I've gotten better at working the synopses
down to something tight and manageable. But a single word? That's not my style.
It's movie-ish. But...it may also be me finally getting an idea of how to hang
my stories together better.
Or make them too simple...it can work both ways.
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