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Writing Interlude
Jan. 5th, 2005 05:20 pmJust spent an hour and went back to read through chunks of the novel draft. It's better than I remember it being.... lots of true things well spoken. Unfortunately it seems like three of my encounters are basically the same relationship in three different settings. I don't know if I want that or not. Done right, it could be a clever and insightful motif. Done wrong, it'd be a clunky device and boringly repetetive. Only further experimentation will show for certain.
Oh yes: important side note. This novel is my first, and therefore the one that most closely resembles me. Many of the characters have ingredients from people I know, including several who read this journal. It's important not to ask "who is this person in real life?" when you're reading it, though. Not because many of the people and events in the novel aren't based on things that actually happened to me or mine-- but because there isn't a good answer to the question. Everything I wrote was true in some sense, and false in some sense. And even the true parts are limited by word count and by my own perceptions. They're true in the same way that a picture window is true: they leave out more than they include.
Last thing, and most important. I need research on abortion clinics and procedures for the purposes of the February chapter. I don't want to mess this up, and I know very little about the topic. Any leads to viable information would be helpful-- not the moral arguments, just what a woman would experience on the day of.
Oh yes: important side note. This novel is my first, and therefore the one that most closely resembles me. Many of the characters have ingredients from people I know, including several who read this journal. It's important not to ask "who is this person in real life?" when you're reading it, though. Not because many of the people and events in the novel aren't based on things that actually happened to me or mine-- but because there isn't a good answer to the question. Everything I wrote was true in some sense, and false in some sense. And even the true parts are limited by word count and by my own perceptions. They're true in the same way that a picture window is true: they leave out more than they include.
Last thing, and most important. I need research on abortion clinics and procedures for the purposes of the February chapter. I don't want to mess this up, and I know very little about the topic. Any leads to viable information would be helpful-- not the moral arguments, just what a woman would experience on the day of.