Gulf Fritillary on Zinnia
It appears to me that the Obama mortgage rescue plan talks big and does little. Unlike the Wall Street giveaway, it has so many strings attached that most people who participate will probably wish they had not done so. Not all lenders are willing to use it, and many homeowners who need it most will not be eligible for it.
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I finished another paragraph of the short story I was writing and posted here a few weeks back. I know where I want to go with it, but I am still uncertain how far to go. I ask myself should I keep it as a short story or expand it into a book length story? Should I make it an event driven story where the plot supersedes the characters, or character driven where people control events. For me, it is much easier to write the former and then cause the characters to fit the events. I will have to decide before going much farther, and I am leaning toward keeping it short, mostly due to all the crap going on around me that keeps stealing my attention.
Characters are very hard for me. Some successful writers slowly develop the characters over many pages as it is the recommended way and allows the reader to grow into the plot along with the characters. Others do a character description in a paragraph or two and it is up to the reader to remember the important things. This works well with very good writing, because the reader tends to read more at one time and becomes familiar with the characters. Knowing when to quit describing and not become soap opera-ish is the key. Other good writers simply give the reader a name and a basic fact or two and go on with the story, but it needs to be a very good story.
I will decide in the next few days and go from there.
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