I was working through some structural issues on my next long thing (a novel titled "Palaver")…. A kind of bittersweetness? And a narrative voice that wasn't coöperating.
This story is heavily indebted to Banana Yoshimoto's "Moshi Moshi," Nao-Cola Yamazaki's "Dad, I Love You,"… where relatively quotidian scenarios are heightened and given deep emotionality.
I’m always amazed by narratives whose primary antagonist is the passage of time… creates pockets to play with character progression and change that aren't too demanding for the reader.
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