Frob and Widget are enjoying the mild Florida weather. All the moreso because they know that people elsewhere in the northern hemisphere are freezing their tails off. It’s the little things, after all, that give spice to this thing we call life. Just like when they hunt birds. They don’t necessarily want to catch them for sport or food. They just want to know the birds are no more. And they know they won’t destroy all of the birds in Central Florida. After all, some of those birds are vultures with wingspans wider than their human-mom is tall. But they would not set their burden aside, either. It’s a hard life, but appreciating the little things keeps them going.
Let’s talk about the little things. How do you know when to keep or discard something in your story, essay, poem, play…? For example, these moments of character-growth. What makes you decide that a character’s growth is appropriate to the story? Or indeed to the character? In an essay or poem, the question might be the same. Lots of types of literature have characters. Or they have themes that recur and grow like characters.
What’s your secret? Do you keep charts or outlines? Do you ‘let the characters dictate’? Maybe you have a heavenly muse, like Milton or Vergil. Maybe you have an earthly one like Spenser or Shakespeare.
Big Cat, Little Cat.
Script by Adam Katz
Cinematography by Erika Grumet
Starring Frob as Big Cat and Widget as Little Cat.
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Description: Two cats look out over their livingroom domain, a large smiling orange and a small pinched grey. The orange asks: “Little cat, do you believe in God?” The grey responsds: “I used to, Big Cat, but… the way our Human Mom adores us, I’m pretty sure WE’RE gods. And I guess there are times when I don’t believe in myself.”
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