Slapping together a short story, already a page over....

[icarus]

Okay, assignment's in. Thanks for your help and suggestions.

I hated this (fragment of a) story, but sometimes you just have to put something on a page to do the assignment. Chatted with the professor after class and sure enough, the point was just to get a sample of our writing.

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[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

The letter is important to the story, it sets up the guy's circumstances and why (I talked it over in chat and I immediately got the question why was he forced into early retirement). This is like a shortfics assignment: you work it in however you can. You never hear anything about his profession again, the rest is all about the kids noticing what he does with that dog.

But it doesn't matter. The assignment's in, done, I don't like the story and fortunately am not required to finish it.

I chatted with the professor after class and I guessed right -- this was just to get a writing sample from each student. Thank god he's already seen something better.

The truth of the matter is, I find literary fiction so dull I don't think I'll ever produce a good lit fic story. I'm sure sure you can tell how little I enjoyed this piece.

Icarus

[teaphile.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah.

I don't like literary fiction much to read, but unfortunately my novels all tend that way. I have to work to put them in an SF context. In fact, my first NaNovel would be chick lit if the protagonist wasn't a guy.

And holy fuck, I just wrote "half" instead of "have". The migraine it progresseth mightily.