Isn’t this that decade old copypasta?
I cannot recommend this enough. Magical realism is one of my favourite genres and ggm is perhaps the best writer of the genre ever
Step 1. Buy all the tickets Step 2. Profit (maybe loss actually)
This is one of those stories I always forget I’ve read, funnily enough somehow just doesn’t stick (although I do like it every time)
Love Zach Williams.
We’ll allow it. A novella community is entirely unnecessary
Well look who’s back.
I have definitely been personally victimised by honk
I love what pronell said and you could go that route! Although I’d also like to suggest going allegorical as an option.
There was a poem I read, which used a snake bite as an allegory for SA. I can’t seem to remember the name. I think it was by Francesca Lia Block although I’m not certain.
Depending on why you want to write that as part of your characters story you can adjust the allegory. If its about the abuse of power and the effects it leaves on people that snake allegory would do you well.
If its about being realistic, that won’t work. Unless you want to make it like an adjusted memory. Smth the victim doesn’t wish to remember and hence remembers smth else instead.
Off the top of my head:
A rose losing it’s petals to represent loss of innocence/ beauty.
Trespassers destroying someone’s garden, a violation of boundaries.
A painting that’s torn, destruction of ones sense of self.
Good luck, but before you make your decision I suggest you make sure you know why you want to write about it. That’ll help you make the correct decision for you.
All 4 words sounds like words for a fart that kids might use.
Okay meemage might be a bit more disgusting
Yessss. Definitely check this out. Also do post any short story you like here!
It’s why he got it on his amr
Straight up cat propoganda
The full essence of a person goes beyond the narratives constructed around them, like the richness of personal experiences, thoughts, and emotions that are beyond the scope of any story or snippet.
Having said that, I like your point and perhaps capturing a snipett of a person is all we can do anyways (Outside of ourselves). Which is exactly what stories do too
The thing for me is that characters exist in the vaccum of a story hemce why I call em mutually exclusive.
Now each biography tells a story and the person os turned into a character. I mean I have used real life people as inspiration for characters myself.
So in biographies, consider someone like Churchill, Gandhi etc. They’ve had many biographies written about em and each creates a different character.
Hell just look at the recent Musk biography which paints him in a much better light than most of us see. The writer is still creating a compelling character based story, as Walter Isaacson basically uses musks childhood to explain his actions for eg. He’s just a writer creating a story.
Thanks
Issue is the upvote on the comment has also been federated. I can see the upvote (post deletion attemp). I only upvoted the comment from my main to check after i had deleted it.
And no I didnt post my password tho it was on my clipboard and I could’ve tapped it with my fat fingers.
So sorry, fixed that.