Reflections

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Mon, 2006-05-29 19:57

Reflections

http://www.abctales.com/story/elements/reflections

Well this certainly was shocking. I thought the author's note was intended to get the reader to take the plunge. No, it was an actual warning. I take the short piece to have been a dream...a rather strange one. A woman dreaming about being raped and murdered is a bit contentious. A scary piece of writing.

Tue, 2006-05-30 10:40

Juliet OC

i would be interested to know what the author is conveying with this piece, it is very brutal and consequently difficult to read, imo. Juliet

Juliet

Tue, 2006-05-30 16:55

archergirl

I agree it was very difficult to read, without any salavation or relief in the end; although vivid and visceral in description, it left a very bad taste in my mouth! I might consider changing the title, actually; "Reflections" is a bit of a misnomer...you might want to take a piece of the imagery as the title (no, not that), like 'By the Riverbank' or something. I understood that this was an attempt to vividly describe something horrific from a reflective viewpoint; I'm not sure to which audience it is aimed, if any!

Tue, 2006-05-30 18:21

Juliet OC

thank you for reply to my question, i thought that it was an experimental piece, i wrote a violent piece with no happy ending just to see if i could, it's like testing your writing boundaries and that is as important as writing a 'nice' story - but i have to agree with archergirl not sure who the audience fro this piece is - but then i don't think you necessarily wrote for others - more to test yourself. and my chops are burning better go... Juliet

Juliet

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