I am done with "The
Barrier" for now. I still plan to promote it and cogitate on the
feedback I get, but I want to move onto another creative project. I decided a
while ago that my next project would be "Felix",
a science fiction story I started over a year ago.
"The Barrier"
I am tempted to revise "The
Barrier" based on ideas inspired by the feedback I have so far.
However, I think it is better to leave it for now and come back to it later.
There are very few changes I can make to the movie with out a major effort. The
program I used to create it, Xtranormal Desktop, is no longer available. I
would need to either shoot live action, or redo the movie with a different
program.
If you haven't watched it yet, you can find it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-LOUNSEKac
"Felix"
I went through several drafts of "Felix" between October 2012 and January 2013. It has
been almost a year since I last read it, so I think I can approach it with
fresh eyes. In the interim I have had some ideas that I would like to
incorporate into the story.
I think the main thrust of my rewrite is to build up the
characters more. While the story is primarily plot driven, I think the characters
need to be more fully developed so it will appeal to readers.
As an aside; I read someplace that in a short story the
characters support the plot, while in a novel, the plot supports the
characters. What I have now is kind of in between those two extremes. I guess
that means the plot and characters need to support each other.
The last version of the story ran to just over 8,000 words.
I suspect that with the changes I have in mind it will end up at over 10,000
words.
I have a sense that something important is missing from the
story. I really don't know what it is.
Hopefully I can get a better handle on what that might be when I rewrite
it. The first step though, is to read it over again; several times.
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