I feel like a boy moth flapping his wings around a lady butterfly. I feel like a beggar who wins the lottery, like a tennis player who, having a match point, serves an ace, like a thirsty adventurer who discovers a oasis in the desert. Like a little boy whose broken toy is glued together. … Continue reading How Do You Feel When You Are In Love?
Amelia saw an old beggar on the street, resting on a stone. She rummaged in her pocket and found her last coin, and wanted to give it to him. But the man shook his head. He would not take it. ‘I’m sorry,’ he said, ‘but I don’t work on Sundays.’
You know you've found the right name for a character when you speak that name aloud and the character shouts: 'Hey! That's me!' In The Road by Cormac McCarthy, the protagonists are a man and his boy, both unnamed. In this case, the lack of names makes the characters and the message they convey more … Continue reading Naming Characters
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