As long as you link to where your story is, I'll try to go read it!
I think that your entry two weeks ago was very powerful. As for the way your entry last week was received, it's partly a mystery. I mean, shit, I can't even count how many times I've been surprised in that way. I will say, for me, it didn't feel like the writing was as strong. It was a subject that I found interesting, but it didn't wham me in the way that the child dumping did.
Even though you wrote fiction this week, it was a window onto your world. For me it was exciting to see Australia! And I do like a lot of post-apocalyptic narrative, so that helped. But I think that the unfamiliar setting made it stand out to me. And the juxtaposition of the rather irrelevant conversation against the bleak reality of the situation was fun. I liked that it wasn't taking itself too seriously. I loved that the story had pretty much nothing to do with romance or unrequited love or anything of that nature (even though it was talking about sex!)
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I think that your entry two weeks ago was very powerful. As for the way your entry last week was received, it's partly a mystery. I mean, shit, I can't even count how many times I've been surprised in that way. I will say, for me, it didn't feel like the writing was as strong. It was a subject that I found interesting, but it didn't wham me in the way that the child dumping did.
Even though you wrote fiction this week, it was a window onto your world. For me it was exciting to see Australia! And I do like a lot of post-apocalyptic narrative, so that helped. But I think that the unfamiliar setting made it stand out to me. And the juxtaposition of the rather irrelevant conversation against the bleak reality of the situation was fun. I liked that it wasn't taking itself too seriously. I loved that the story had pretty much nothing to do with romance or unrequited love or anything of that nature (even though it was talking about sex!)