My face hurts, probably due to all the cringing I did while typing up Chapters 2 - 4 of Always, the atrocious young adult book that I wrote when I was in eighth grade. Why I decided to use a male narrator is beyond me. Also puzzling: why give half the characters fake names, but then use the real names (or ridiculously close to real names - Suzannah, anyone?) for others. I wonder what Maurice* was thinking all those years ago.
What most embarrasses me and interests me about Always is the combination of how I saw myself at that time, and how I wanted to be perceived. My favorite line so far, hands down, is "I got the feeling that when Suzannah Rawlings spoke, people usually listened." Oh man, how I wished that were true!
*The hamster who runs on the wheel that powers my brain.
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so great! that is pretty much my attempts at ya novels at that age. love your use of 'rapport' (i loved using 'big' words like that when i wrote stuff in 8th grade)
ReplyDeletei never finished one i started writing though, so you definitely have one up on me.
were/are you particularly fond of your eyes as a physical feature? ;)
What is strange is that my obsession with describing eyes is still something I have today. It is really weird!
ReplyDeleteYou never have to apologize for anything you did when you were a teen.
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