Slapdash and Quixotic Survey – What informs our writing?
2 days ago
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For our writers, what past events and histories went into the tropes, themes, plot of your current work? Sentence fragments please, not essays. The more of you that respond to the survey, the better a look we’ll have across our collective works. Post your answers in the comments below – I’ll give you mine in a few days.
Love bombing. Stalking. Deception. Betrayal. Alcohol. A plunge from a balcony. Head injury. Loss of memory. Friends who may be enemies. Enemies who may be friends.
The apple falling near the tree and a generation apart. 30y ago, in that liminal space between sleeping and waking, the phrase PLATYPUS REX seeped in. Made me laugh. What is THAT story? Finally wrote it this year. It’s centered on a wickedly good practical joke my father pulled on a deserving upperclassman in college.
Deception. Power. Miami in the late '80s/early '90s. Betrayal of a life-long friend. Cultural differences. Various plot elements intrinsic to mystery/crime novels.