Chris Ernest Hall: May 2008 Archives
Could 1989 A Novel be seen as a cycle of birth, death and rebirth? Tim rules over the summer of '89, but symbolically dies in the fall after the quake, only to be resurrected on fifth floor when he hangs out with the freshman girls.
...came into being in the spring, reigned during the summer, and ritually died at harvest time, only to be reborn at the winter solstice to wax and rule again. The spirit of vegetation was therefore a "dying and reviving god." Osiris, Adonis, Dionysus, Attis and many other familiar figures from Greek mythology and classical antiquity were re-interpreted in this mold. The sacred king, the human embodiment of the dying and reviving vegetation god, was supposed to have originally been an individual chosen to rule for a time, but whose fate was to suffer as a sacrifice, to be offered back to the earth so that a new king could rule for a time in his stead.
...came into being in the spring, reigned during the summer, and ritually died at harvest time, only to be reborn at the winter solstice to wax and rule again. The spirit of vegetation was therefore a "dying and reviving god." Osiris, Adonis, Dionysus, Attis and many other familiar figures from Greek mythology and classical antiquity were re-interpreted in this mold. The sacred king, the human embodiment of the dying and reviving vegetation god, was supposed to have originally been an individual chosen to rule for a time, but whose fate was to suffer as a sacrifice, to be offered back to the earth so that a new king could rule for a time in his stead.
Post a scene a day as I revise them? Between now and my birthday on July 11th? Would I reach the end by that day? How many scenes are there in 1989? There are about sixty days between now and then. Where would I do? Here? Typepad? Vox? All three? 
CS is told from April's POV, so it begins and ends with her at the beach flats, trying to help rafe. That would be one way to cut stuff out. So would it only be scenes from April's POV? Or is that too restricting?
What's the arc,though? What changes significantly in the course of the day? April experiences a rapprochement, with her mother as the result of her mom helping rafe, who ends up living with them? But that doesn't make sense with the plot of 1989 A Novel.
Maybe the ending is just April learning how much danger rafe is in, but as a stand-alone movie, how satisfying is that? Saves him temporarily, but with no long--term resolution? That might work.
What's the arc,though? What changes significantly in the course of the day? April experiences a rapprochement, with her mother as the result of her mom helping rafe, who ends up living with them? But that doesn't make sense with the plot of 1989 A Novel.
Maybe the ending is just April learning how much danger rafe is in, but as a stand-alone movie, how satisfying is that? Saves him temporarily, but with no long--term resolution? That might work.
During his creative writing class, Tim gets into writing micro-fiction, stories of 100 words or less. Some if it might be second person from Helen's POV (or "Miranda".) He collects them into a story called "What We Talk About When We Talk About Sex" which are Helen and Jessica talking about sex. (And Lana?)This makes up part of "Something Interesting to Read."
Works
Recent Writing
- 1989 A Novel: Tim and Shek late at night
- 1989 A Novel: Tim's father picks him up at the Greyhound station
- 1989 A Novel: Tim rides the Greyhound bus over route 27
- 1989 A Novel: Tim talks to Jessica at the surfer party
- 1989 A Novel: Tim, Helen and Jessica go to a surfer party