Susannah, what an interesting way to explore the world of conflict, personal and public, intertwining their courses, especially the feelings that arise in runaway situations where the participants are not expecting a good outcome. . The two conflicts were equally interesting, all the feelings of helplessness and desire to survive so skillfully wrapped into the braided narratives. I loved the way they tied together into a single narrative in the end!
Susannah! Thanks for sharing this.The public riot and the private one inside the house mirror each other in a way that feels so frighteningly true. (More fiction from you, please!)
susannah, this is stunning! i found myself getting lost in between the realm of interior and exterior, mapping one scene upon another, heights the tension between the two ~ thank you for sharing
Thank you so much Sarah! I so appreciate your words and you taking the time to read it. I love that the scenes intermingled for you- that’s somewhat the way it felt and where the idea arose from.
I wasn’t finished! The melding of these points of view, these all too real situations, the humanizing of the riot police as well as the protestors, as well as this couple falling apart in a little house on a city street. It’s a psalm of a story. Brava.
They've asked if you could share more stories like that so they can get more walks 😂 though my little chug loves it when I'm writing &she can sleep across my chest as I type 🥰
Susannah, what an interesting way to explore the world of conflict, personal and public, intertwining their courses, especially the feelings that arise in runaway situations where the participants are not expecting a good outcome. . The two conflicts were equally interesting, all the feelings of helplessness and desire to survive so skillfully wrapped into the braided narratives. I loved the way they tied together into a single narrative in the end!
Thank you so much for these lovely words, Jon and thank you for reading! :)
Susannah! Thanks for sharing this.The public riot and the private one inside the house mirror each other in a way that feels so frighteningly true. (More fiction from you, please!)
Thank you so much for reading, Lindsey! More fiction incoming!
susannah, this is stunning! i found myself getting lost in between the realm of interior and exterior, mapping one scene upon another, heights the tension between the two ~ thank you for sharing
Thank you so much Sarah! I so appreciate your words and you taking the time to read it. I love that the scenes intermingled for you- that’s somewhat the way it felt and where the idea arose from.
I wasn’t finished! The melding of these points of view, these all too real situations, the humanizing of the riot police as well as the protestors, as well as this couple falling apart in a little house on a city street. It’s a psalm of a story. Brava.
Gosh, thank you for these lovely words and seeing all the things I wanted to portray with this story. And thank you for taking the time to read it.
Thank you for the gift of this brilliant story and for your courage to put it out here for us.
Wow! Amazing! Felt all the breath leave my body.
Thank you, what a compliment! I hope your breath is back though :)
It has but I did have to take the dogs out to regain equilibrium 😊
Oh gosh, I'm sorry. I hope the dogs were happy to get a walk though.
They've asked if you could share more stories like that so they can get more walks 😂 though my little chug loves it when I'm writing &she can sleep across my chest as I type 🥰
Hahah I love this. May we both write more for her sake.