RE: Telling the story

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Hello @warpedpoetic,

There are those who would complain that there is too much darkness in your story. I am not among those critics. I think the mother's act by itself would be considered irrational. But, with the history of forced passivity she did the one thing she could to resist tragedy.

I can tell you I thought of Kafka when I read this, but of course his stories have a more impersonal tone. I do remember writing a paper about one of his novels: The Castle. I remember saying the only character in that book who escapes is Amalia, and she is the only character who takes action to resist the Castle's irrationality. I also think of Hamlet, famously doomed because of his inability to act.

You have written your own story. The mother is not Hamlet, nor Amelia. You have created a universe in which logic and compassion are absent. There do exist such places, even outside the realm of fiction.

See how you got me thinking? What more can a writer ask for?



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This is true, my attraction to dark stories. I doubt if I would ever be able to write a happy take.

So many times, the very circumstances and situations we find to be fantastic in fiction turn out to be someone's reality. The constant breaking of a body can lead to numbness, to silence, to absence. And there are those who cannot seem to catch a break.

Ha to be compared to Kafka; you do me great honour. I must thank you. I often wonder when I see someone going through a tough time, about how it all started, how far and how long the struggle has been, if it will ever end. My mind goes on that journey and in my reality, there are people who are broken, trying to patch the pieces into a semblance of existence. It is their stories I tell. They are the once who populate my imagination. It is why I rarely name my characters. I find that names make them too real for me. By making them nameless, I get a certain kind of detachment from them.

Thank you @agmoore for your comment. It means a lot to me.

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