"A Loss in the Neighborhood" Author's Commentary
Welcome to what will be the first of several commentaries that I will use to keep myself updated after such a long break between chapters as well as provide some insight as to how I decided to work on the story at hand.
This one started as a ten minute exercise one day while in school. Now that three chapters are done, I had to decide if this was going to be a longer piece of fiction or a shorter one. I've thought out the story in my head, and I can see it being ten to twelve chapters total in length. I know where the plot it going as well as what will happen to Rico, Ed, Jose, and Bobby. The other characters are at this point only there to support them. But you never know, a story is a living, breathing thing, in that it usually takes on a life of its own.
I'm trying to "dumb-down" the vocabulary in this story as it were, in that I'm imagining this story being read by a fifth to seventh grade student. The language, while colorful, is never meant to be offensive. The setting is some urban-sprawl with a mixture of white and Latino population. The character of Jose Morales is to provide a foe, or a antagonist as it were to the main character Richard "Rico" Waters. Eddie "Ed" Tremain is the typical best friend for our trusty hero. The person he can talk to and know not to tell others. In sharp contrast to this is the character of his mother. He knows he can trust her with any information he gives her--at least to listen. She will probably say the worst thing at the worst time, as all children feel their parents do. Still, she is his lone guiding figure in the book...At least at this point. The other character of Bobby provides a bit of a clash in that he is the black kid hanging out with the largely Latino population. Richard is the "token white guy", while Bobby is the "token black guy". Yes, bling, bling and all that crap. The character of Jimmy-the-tag-along is there to provide a simple role, the smart alec sidekick, that every big enemy seems to have. Miguel Phillips is a character that will unravel in time.
You may also notice that the story itself is no longer called "One Sitting Story", as I felt it had moved beyond that title. It is now moving onward, and observing the plot, which seems to have three basic part...possibly four, and thinking out the overall ending as it is in my head right now, I decided upon the name "A Loss in the Neighborhood" which was vague enough to make you wonder what it pertains to, yet allows for the larger symbolic meeting.
I hope someone keeps reading...if they do, I'll keep writing. Ah, hell. I'll probably finish it even if no one does read this. My main problem with a story is not knowing what happens in the middle, while in this case I actually have a pretty fluid story going in my head with no real holes.
Until next time,
Cody
This one started as a ten minute exercise one day while in school. Now that three chapters are done, I had to decide if this was going to be a longer piece of fiction or a shorter one. I've thought out the story in my head, and I can see it being ten to twelve chapters total in length. I know where the plot it going as well as what will happen to Rico, Ed, Jose, and Bobby. The other characters are at this point only there to support them. But you never know, a story is a living, breathing thing, in that it usually takes on a life of its own.
I'm trying to "dumb-down" the vocabulary in this story as it were, in that I'm imagining this story being read by a fifth to seventh grade student. The language, while colorful, is never meant to be offensive. The setting is some urban-sprawl with a mixture of white and Latino population. The character of Jose Morales is to provide a foe, or a antagonist as it were to the main character Richard "Rico" Waters. Eddie "Ed" Tremain is the typical best friend for our trusty hero. The person he can talk to and know not to tell others. In sharp contrast to this is the character of his mother. He knows he can trust her with any information he gives her--at least to listen. She will probably say the worst thing at the worst time, as all children feel their parents do. Still, she is his lone guiding figure in the book...At least at this point. The other character of Bobby provides a bit of a clash in that he is the black kid hanging out with the largely Latino population. Richard is the "token white guy", while Bobby is the "token black guy". Yes, bling, bling and all that crap. The character of Jimmy-the-tag-along is there to provide a simple role, the smart alec sidekick, that every big enemy seems to have. Miguel Phillips is a character that will unravel in time.
You may also notice that the story itself is no longer called "One Sitting Story", as I felt it had moved beyond that title. It is now moving onward, and observing the plot, which seems to have three basic part...possibly four, and thinking out the overall ending as it is in my head right now, I decided upon the name "A Loss in the Neighborhood" which was vague enough to make you wonder what it pertains to, yet allows for the larger symbolic meeting.
I hope someone keeps reading...if they do, I'll keep writing. Ah, hell. I'll probably finish it even if no one does read this. My main problem with a story is not knowing what happens in the middle, while in this case I actually have a pretty fluid story going in my head with no real holes.
Until next time,
Cody
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