Dispatch From The Quest: Christian Fontenot
Over the course of the 24 weeks I am working with the writers in The Quest, each will write a weekly dispatch to share with the GITS community. There are several reasons for doing this, the main one educational: Hopefully you will learn something of value for your own understanding of the craft from the experiences of the Questers. I should also add they are a great group of people, so I expect you will enjoy getting to know them.
Today: Christian’s workshop experience gets him all poetic:
My Dearest Fellow Questers:
Thanks for inspiring me this week and continuing to push me to write the best story that I possibly can.
To quote Elizabeth Barrett Browning:
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, — — I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! — — and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
Some of that is true. BTW, what are you wearing?
Soldiering on with your support as the wind in my sails…
Christian.
This group of writers is doing some really hard work with equal weight to both parts of constructive critique: Definitely sharing their honest opinion about the story content, while also coming up with suggestions to improve each others’ stories.
At the end of the day, no matter the challenges, it is an inspiring experience. If nothing else happens, I have to believe these six writers will have improved their understanding of both craft and story exponentially.
Next week: More Dispatches from The Quest.
About Christian: From Louisiana, now in Seattle. Turns off street lights with his mind. Regrets not learning the tuba — TUBAS ROCK! Storyteller. @cmfontenot.
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