“Blogging is damn hard work.”
Said a comment on a blog I regularly read. He used it to excuse himself from having a blog. Instead he gets his fame via prolific comments. Fair enough.
I knew it would be this way, though, which is why I put off blogging. Serving up interesting fare on a regular basis can be grueling (pun intended!). I know. I authored a marketing newsletter for a year, so I’ve done this sort of thing before.
When I worked at a station in Eastern Washington – KRLF in Pullman – our Program Director could sit down and bang out creative, clever copy with remarkable ease. I asked how he did it. He never was able to explain his talent. It was precisely that, talent.
For me, writing is a profession, not just a hobby. But it still doesn’t come easy… just like tiger mending.
Did anybody read the Tiger Mending story? I’ve always like the quote but hadn’t read the story!
If you haven’t read it yet, here’s the link again. Go read it and then come back here for some discussion.
I mean it! Go!
Just read the story. It’s a quick read and nothing else will make sense until you’ve read it. Thank you.
Fascinating, no?
So, some things that made me think: Nearly a quarter of the way in we finally learn the gender of the narrator and their relationship to the subject of the story. Were you surprised?
Why weren’t any of the characters named? And why did the narrator feel compelled to make-up a name for one of the characters?
Why did the sisters always whisper to each other?
Do you think the narrator is younger or older than her sister?
What was meant by putting a “gesture in the thread?”
What accounts for the abrupt ending?
I have my own thoughts. I’ll share them in the comments as it gets going…
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