A lot of the literary decisions I made were arbitrary or decided on the spot. I'm not sure which Tree that is, but I like to think that it's the Tree of Life, or the World Tree. "She" is inspired by several people, especially my best friend Jaki, and a little bit of my mom. The choice to make "her" a "woman" was born of the idea that the main character, being one of my Voices, needed to speak to someone with whom he/I could have a sterile and professional intellectual conversation.
I like the idea of possibly expanding on this scene in both directions to use in something bigger.
It was a really fascinating piece of work you posted there. I'd be interested in reading more of it. I especially like the thought process into making the woman, well, a woman. The Voice you've got here seems to have a flair for the dramatic, posing in just the right ways, at just the right moments, but when they speak they reveal how lost they are.
ReplyDeleteAnd, also I may add, a strange distrust of the "woman"