February 23, 2012

I know! It has been a while since I have worked on my fiction. I sent in my first packet over a week ago and received feedback just a day or two later. My advisor is a man of passion. He either really loves something or really hates it...and he has no qualms about expressing either! I had both strengths and weaknesses in my writing that he pointed out...and I needed to step away from it to get some perspective...to come at it with a fresh mind, one not battered by its critique. So, I have been working on my reading and critical writing for the last week. I read Faulkner's As I Lay Dying wrote that critical paper. Now I am half way through Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. But, tonight, I DID work on a chapter that I plan to insert into my novel. It is a chapter that goes back in time to when Karley and Keith first meet (and begin to date). I feel really good about it, actually. I am getting a sense of what my advisor wants and how my writing should take form. I hope I am right. It is difficult to choose my "favorite" part, as I am trying not to overwrite. But, I will leave you with this:


“Maybe you didn’t see these white lines painted here to indicate the boundaries of your parking
space.” She gestured to the line that his tires were violating.

“I guess my starvation had me delirious, and I misjudged.” That made her smile.