Two Women And Two Unconverging Lines: Love Story of An Atheist
(Short Story No. 13)
Forward
I took awfully a long time to write this story. If I allow me to call myself a ‘writer’, I guess that I was experiencing a writer’s block. I spent over a month working on this story, but I could not finish it. I wrote a paragraph or two almost everyday, while I deleted a few. I spent a number of days editing, but I could not figure out exact wordings. I felt very confused. All these are not directly related to the narrative of the story, but I just want to share the background story.
Though I finished the first draft of this story, I am already contemplating about making several changes. One change that I have in mind is to make the main character female instead of male. It is rather odd that I tell readers that I am essentially not very satisfied with the first draft. I am not asserting that the first draft is terrible or unreadable; but I just want to open up and share how I feel about this first draft.
I am afraid that I rushed a little when I edited the last several pages. I also feel that I should have read this draft one more time and made minor changes here and there. However, as I briefly mentioned already, I have been having some difficulty writing not just this story but also any stories. I am not trying so hard to put this aside, but I feel it is best that I decide to wrap up this story as its first draft right now. I will get suggestions and feedback; I will also re-read this after I work on a different story. And then, I will work on a rewrite.
i. Email From His Mother
ii. Childhood: How His Mother Brought Him Up
iii. A Stranger At Java Jones
iv. Distancing Himself From His Mother
v. Seeing The Petite Girl With Glasses Again
vi. High School Years
vii. Invitation
viii. Presentable Look
ix. Mother And Son’s Relationship During College Years
x. Confrontation
xi. Mother And Son’s Relationship After College Years
xii. Graduation Party
xiii. Friendly Jessica
xiv. Mother And Son’s Relationship, Confirmation Of Separation
xv. What She Was
xvi. On Unrelationship
xvii. The Moment Of Truth
