"To add to the sense of being cast into the middle of the fray, I write the dialogue but with almost none of the “said so-and-so”, to force myself and everyone else to pay attention to what little has been written. The characters themselves have been thrown into the fray of their story, and must make sense of things too."
Love how raw your stories and dialogues are. I'm thrilled to be accessing these on Substack now!
Thanks so much, Keith, every bit of time great people invest in my writing experiments helps me a lot and I'm very grateful. I wanted to see what I could do with the confines of language as a stand-in for the confines of the space for the story's characters, and to see how much could be described in their dialogue.
You certainly achieved that! You've also inspired me to play around with that mechanic as well. Less words for less physical space. It's a perfect writing method for certain types of military related fiction.
"To add to the sense of being cast into the middle of the fray, I write the dialogue but with almost none of the “said so-and-so”, to force myself and everyone else to pay attention to what little has been written. The characters themselves have been thrown into the fray of their story, and must make sense of things too."
Love how raw your stories and dialogues are. I'm thrilled to be accessing these on Substack now!
My friend, thanks for reading and supporting these experiments in stories and forms, I am grateful.
It’s 100% where they belong. Great stuff here.
Thank you, Tom, I'm honored.
This is great. Most stories with military details are intriguing for me and this one was too.
Great work extrapolating this intro from the word beach. It's a showcase of the powerful visual style of writing you command.
Thanks so much, Keith, every bit of time great people invest in my writing experiments helps me a lot and I'm very grateful. I wanted to see what I could do with the confines of language as a stand-in for the confines of the space for the story's characters, and to see how much could be described in their dialogue.
You certainly achieved that! You've also inspired me to play around with that mechanic as well. Less words for less physical space. It's a perfect writing method for certain types of military related fiction.