A Plot Line Apocalypse
Driving away from town today, the radio finally played something worth hearing- "Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz; and when I was pulling into my destination, the line "I got sunshine in a bag" played. Such a visceral image, I saw it then, a bag full of sunshine...or something like it. Something that feels like it sustains the world. Something to revolve around. And I saw my character holding it, saw his future, saw his uselessness coming to an end. There's a lot of things that one line could mean; there's a lot that comes after it and before it, and it all added up to one brilliant moment of clarity. Something really clicked for me in that moment. I sat in the parking lot a little dumbfounded because the plot line for my work in progress, the very plot line that has been holding up the entire project, fell into place. It was as unexpected as it was distressing, and yet, I fear that it's always needed to happen just like this. I've been struggling for ...
