I'm throwing in these little shorts that don't fit in A Round of Shots. People can read them as standalones, or people reading the serial get a little more flavor. Some kids have a lot of trauma, anger in them. Adults tend to place value on things kids don't value and undervalue things kids cherish.
It's terrifying how Leonard interprets everything through the prism of his self-interest. And what's even more terrifying is that people sometimes don't grow out of this type of mindset. Great story, Jimmy! Brief yet rich. Thank you.
More to come on this one. Had a character in mind and wanted to do a bit of an homage to Elmore Leonard, who always encouraged my writing aspirations when I was a kid. I didn't plot it out in advance. Just threw some seeds out there and started watering them. Stoked you like it so far.
Elmore was a very cool guy. I would have loved a role in Justified or Freaky Deaky (they didn’t shoot much of Freaky Deaky in Detroit). I hope I finish this story strong for ya. Certainly a million places it could go.
I’m starting to think Substack isn’t quite as big and broad as I thought it was. Your number eight In fiction. EIGHT!! And you come in at 3000 subscribers.
I came here from X, because it sucks, and that place is flooded with people who don’t do 1/100 of what you do, and they have millions
Substack has some issues. It’s very tribal— not that X isn’t, just the tribes are bigger over there— and it’s all writers or wannabe writers. My list was steadily growing before Notes came along, but paid subscriber growth plateaued when an absolute tsunami of free content hit with the advent of Notes. There is even backlash and sniping against those of us with paywalls, even though pre-Notes this platform was 100% about monetization and growth. I’m here to keep my commitment to my paid subscribers. I just wish there were 765 of them and not 283.
I wonder what Leonard might have endured, circumstances that may have formed this way of relating/non-relating with his environment. Of course my mind goes straight to complex trauma. I feel for him.
Childhood lesson: everything breaks.
Early "Break."
Some people: why?
I'm throwing in these little shorts that don't fit in A Round of Shots. People can read them as standalones, or people reading the serial get a little more flavor. Some kids have a lot of trauma, anger in them. Adults tend to place value on things kids don't value and undervalue things kids cherish.
You certainly have a knack for bringing out the hidden values of people.
Finding more and more students like that. Sometimes they are bottled rage. Sometimes….
Damned succinct & cohesive.
It's terrifying how Leonard interprets everything through the prism of his self-interest. And what's even more terrifying is that people sometimes don't grow out of this type of mindset. Great story, Jimmy! Brief yet rich. Thank you.
More to come on this one. Had a character in mind and wanted to do a bit of an homage to Elmore Leonard, who always encouraged my writing aspirations when I was a kid. I didn't plot it out in advance. Just threw some seeds out there and started watering them. Stoked you like it so far.
Loved it. And wow, that was such a heartening thing of him to do. And here you are, years later, totally crushing it!
Yeah, some ideas are like that; they just need time to sprout and then they grow into something big. All the best!
Elmore was a very cool guy. I would have loved a role in Justified or Freaky Deaky (they didn’t shoot much of Freaky Deaky in Detroit). I hope I finish this story strong for ya. Certainly a million places it could go.
Nice character development in such a small space.
I did an entire book of 100 Worders. It was great exercise for that.
I’m starting to think Substack isn’t quite as big and broad as I thought it was. Your number eight In fiction. EIGHT!! And you come in at 3000 subscribers.
I came here from X, because it sucks, and that place is flooded with people who don’t do 1/100 of what you do, and they have millions
Substack has some issues. It’s very tribal— not that X isn’t, just the tribes are bigger over there— and it’s all writers or wannabe writers. My list was steadily growing before Notes came along, but paid subscriber growth plateaued when an absolute tsunami of free content hit with the advent of Notes. There is even backlash and sniping against those of us with paywalls, even though pre-Notes this platform was 100% about monetization and growth. I’m here to keep my commitment to my paid subscribers. I just wish there were 765 of them and not 283.
I wonder what Leonard might have endured, circumstances that may have formed this way of relating/non-relating with his environment. Of course my mind goes straight to complex trauma. I feel for him.