I have never spent so much time on one short story before. I'm getting sick of this particular story. I suppose that is one of the values of this workshop as opposed to others I have taken. We are focused on one story, and in making it as good as we possibly can. So far we are only up to the first story block.
Of course, I had to spew the entire story first. I found it extremely difficult to plan the story totally without writing something first. By spewing it all out in a rough first draft, at least I know where I want to go. The emphasis is on theme in this workshop. How can I come up with the theme unless I first have some raw material to work with?
Of course, this makes me want to go back now and rework all my stories to this level of detail. At least those stories that have some theme that can be exploited.
So far the good cop/bad cop technique of the editors has only shown up in one week. I don't know when the bad cop will return - probably toward the end of the class. I can't say that I am looking forward to it.
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