More Random Typing
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Since the two characters aren’t ready to leave my head just yet, I decided to extend the short story I posted yesterday to see where these ideas take me (see JUST ADDED in the previous post). Preachers are interesting characters to write about. They have deep belief. They inspire faith. They have a following. And everyone brings their own notions of what these men and women should be about to a story whether they realize it or not. That makes it somewhat easier on a writer in that we don’t have to provide as much character background, but I couldn’t help myself in this case. I have big plans for Preacher White. He’s no ordinary man.
This story is about perception – one man’s deduction of what a holy man’s life must be like and how trivial an ordinary man’s life is by comparison. My hope is to tie together what probably seem like random details at this point (I have a definite conclusion in mind … it’s getting there that will be tricky.) My attentiveness tends to wane in a short story’s development. My mind wants to move on to something else before finishing my original idea, but I’m not going to let it happen this time. Something beautiful is going to take place in the grocery store parking lot. You don’t want to miss it.
