"...I had no idea it would be as tough as it is. Huge challenge...."
I know what you mean. I've been trying to write a story about rape, in response to something that upset me. It is a really, really difficult thing to do. For one thing, what takes place during rape is physically the same as what happens when two people make love, and so it's an ugly, evil mockery of that beautiful thing. So, when you write about it, you are forced to use some of the descriptions of an act of lovemaking and that's so... traumatic. But, I've found that if I try to show the ugliness, it comes across as parody or something. It's all so... it makes my skin crawl. Does any of this make sense?
Anyway, I think you're doing a great job with this story. I don't have any sympathy for Clark, but then I lost all my sympathy for him long ago. But this story is good.
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Date: 2011-03-27 12:57 am (UTC)You're welcome. *hugs* back.
"...I had no idea it would be as tough as it is. Huge challenge...."
I know what you mean. I've been trying to write a story about rape, in response to something that upset me. It is a really, really difficult thing to do. For one thing, what takes place during rape is physically the same as what happens when two people make love, and so it's an ugly, evil mockery of that beautiful thing. So, when you write about it, you are forced to use some of the descriptions of an act of lovemaking and that's so... traumatic. But, I've found that if I try to show the ugliness, it comes across as parody or something. It's all so... it makes my skin crawl. Does any of this make sense?
Anyway, I think you're doing a great job with this story. I don't have any sympathy for Clark, but then I lost all my sympathy for him long ago. But this story is good.