RE: The Night Market
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I was hooked from start to finish! This was a wonderful piece @litguru. It soars as you immerse us fully into Rod's world as he explores the off-road trails on his treasured bicycle. The step change between genres is cleverly and seamlessly handled, from the relatable to the fantastical! Your characters are wonderful, and the layers that you add to the story are magical and intriguing. You hint at so much more in the conversations between Nion, August and Rod, but we want to unwrap it all; the stories behind the story, and the lives behind the characters, and of course to understand so much more about the night market and perils and excitement that feed it's atmosphere. Really excellent writing. It is a story in itself. But I do think that that I would love to see this developed into a novel one day! (wait... am I allowed to say that in The Ink Well 🤐😜)
I wrote the story from scratch, sort of speak. So, it was richly detailed in my notes. This made it more real later when I wrote the draft. I quickly realized that it was getting too big when I typed it up, so I had to scale it back and use the Hemingwayan idea of leaving some things out of the story. Thank you so much, @theinkwell!