New Story Incoming! · 9:48pm Sep 15th, 2019
With work and real life stuff being what they are these days, I had not planned on submitting anything to Oroboro's new Sunset Shipping Contest.
But one of the entries in a recently concluded Writeoff left me thinking about things that had happened in my own family over the years, and somehow, that lit a spark of an idea in my head for this contest.
And so, after some marathon nights of writing, re-writing, and drinking way too much coffee, I just hit Submit on a new story: In and Out of Phase
This was a particularly challenging story to write. Partly because I was drawing on some events from my own family, specifically my grandmother. But also because I structured the whole story around Sunset's POV only, including dialogue. Meaning she is the only character who speaks at all during the entire story. Think of it as akin to hearing only one side of a phone conversation. You can't hear what the other party is saying, only the responses of the person in your midst. But I think it's a common thing for us to try and fill in the blanks as we listen (whether intentionally or not)
So, while I don't necessarily expect to win this contest, at least I can say I branched way out into a new writing style. So that's a win in a way too. If you do check out the story, I hope you enjoy!
-GMP