NUMB3RS

I am writing a story that is sectioned off, a little number and a period sitting on top of it. I recently read Circling the Drain by Amanda Davis, and a lightbulb flickered on and burned bright in the air above my head. I had been struggling to write a story, to even just get it down on paper, and this amazing writer had just given me the answer I had been looking for.

Numbered sections.

I sat down, began typing, and the story just flowed from my finger tips. I wrote sections as they came to me, regardless of chronology. And now, I have 23 short sections with which to play. They are short short. They need to be longer. This is what first drafts are for.

Yesterday, I sat down with my printed off sections, a scissors and a role of tape. I cut each section apart, taping together the parts the bled onto the following page. I set them on the ground all around me, and pondered them. My cats thought this was a game, thought, 'ok, mom, I get to eat this piece.' Tonight I will do the same, try to fit the pieces together, try to flush out the sections that need it, combine the ones that simply cannot be apart any longer.

Thank you, Amanda Davis.