Q: I understand objections to order, but are you questioning authority or society?
A: Well...sitting a bit on the fence here, I guess I'd rather leave that up to the reader. Are my objections even that clear cut? I'm never sure really. I don't feel uncomfortable being objectionable to those who should know, and do, better. It's my way I think of being just and fair.
Q: Beginnings, middles, endings?
A: Not necessarily. Not for me. Well not all the time. There you go, all three! I know what you're saying though. I sometimes think I might need to create that comfort zone in a short fiction. Thing is a good story ends up the way it is, not the way you're told it should.
Q: When writing: character, setting, context?
A: I guess anything or everything really. There isn't a formula to most of what I end up doing. But sometimes a pattern of thinking can surface. What do you think?
Q: Where does happiness happen?
A: In my stories? Somewhere else most of the time! You're right though, happiness can really disappear in some of my microflashfictions. That doesn't mean it never happened or won't ever happen again. Perhaps there is a different happiness to be had though? Like, why so many drugs? Certain things, no certain places, I find can generate a greater tolerance for the shit that seems to be happening in a story. So maybe my characters can find a different level of happiness, or state of mind I can't. Seems strange to think that I can create characters but then fail to understand them!
