Ah, it makes me very happy you enjoyed this little vignette. You're always on my mind as a target reader (which is to say, you help motivate me to try harder and be more fearless with words).
It's funny and fantastic; that line you quoted was the last one I wrote. :) I'm touched that was a moment of kinship for you; it was for me too when I realized I needed to add it. And I think this is maybe part of Kurt's magic, too; his relationships with his things and his memories. I don't know that he's overly sentimental per se (at least not mawkishly so), but I think he understands the power there and honors the way it marks time and transience. At any rate, I bet he read and cried his eyes out over The Velveteen Rabbit as an even younger child.
I have to confess, Andrew Lang only popped up on my radar a few years ago, which in retrospect is ridiculous given where my interests tend to wander. He's still (embarrassingly) in my giant terrifying to read pile, but his work struck me very much like something young Kurt would connect with. Last night I loaded The Blue Fairy Book onto my Kindle, and today I've rummaged about and found my Mum's old Winnie the Pooh. :D
As you mention, I have been fighting with myself over how well or not I feel I portray setting and atmosphere. I think it's one of these elements that, when done well, I envy so much in others' writing, it makes me feel relatively inept myself. So I've wanted to challenge myself. I appreciate so much that you think I do it well, but I still want to be better.
And for you, of course I'll take another prompt. Just give me a location, a mood or emotion, and a color. :)
As always, thank you, for both reading and for helping me understand my own methods. It's so helpful! <3
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It's funny and fantastic; that line you quoted was the last one I wrote. :) I'm touched that was a moment of kinship for you; it was for me too when I realized I needed to add it. And I think this is maybe part of Kurt's magic, too; his relationships with his things and his memories. I don't know that he's overly sentimental per se (at least not mawkishly so), but I think he understands the power there and honors the way it marks time and transience. At any rate, I bet he read and cried his eyes out over The Velveteen Rabbit as an even younger child.
I have to confess, Andrew Lang only popped up on my radar a few years ago, which in retrospect is ridiculous given where my interests tend to wander. He's still (embarrassingly) in my giant terrifying to read pile, but his work struck me very much like something young Kurt would connect with. Last night I loaded The Blue Fairy Book onto my Kindle, and today I've rummaged about and found my Mum's old Winnie the Pooh. :D
As you mention, I have been fighting with myself over how well or not I feel I portray setting and atmosphere. I think it's one of these elements that, when done well, I envy so much in others' writing, it makes me feel relatively inept myself. So I've wanted to challenge myself. I appreciate so much that you think I do it well, but I still want to be better.
And for you, of course I'll take another prompt. Just give me a location, a mood or emotion, and a color. :)
As always, thank you, for both reading and for helping me understand my own methods. It's so helpful! <3