I got another writing exercise done this week and took another stab at my story “Bright Freedom.”
The Rival of the Luminous Video Artist
At a gallery, a video artist looks at new works by a man he considers his main rival.
· https://soundcloud.com/dynamiclethargy/the-rival-of-the-luminous-video-artist
Bright Freedom
I have worked on my story, "Bright Freedom", off and on since at least the beginning of 2011. There are some problems with the story, but the main issue that keeps stopping me is that it features a protagonist that is quite different from myself.
She is a woman, and I've never been a woman. She is a lawyer and I've never been a lawyer. She is an immigrant to Canada, while I was born here. She is a person of color, which I've never been.
My original idea was for a mystery/thriller story. However, it involves corporate malfeasance, domestic abuse and honor killing as elements of the plot. I worry that if I don't handle it properly, it could get me in a heap of trouble.
I want to find people who identify with the main character to get their views before I try to finish the project. I came across the concept of sensitivity readers a while back, and that is what I will be looking for.
I have tackled the immigrant experience in a story before. See “A Walk in the Snow” https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/stories/a-walk-in-the-snow/ In that case I talked to a man I knew who had a similar background to my character about my idea before I wrote it. After I wrote it, I asked him to read it before I published it. after I wrote. He liked the story and encouraged me to post it.
Before I approach anyone about doing the sensitivity review, I felt I needed a good treatment or outline of the story. I’ve struggled with that for a while, but I managed to get a draft done this week. It is about 2,600 words. I’ve asked my writer’s group for feed back.
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