Following on from The Calibray Job's opening episode 'Living Cargo', our first [Commentary] dives deep into the folk horror inspiration behind the novella
“Looking back at it, I felt that throwing the reader into the aftermath of the job with little context beyond Nera's immediate frame of mind was more in line with the story I wanted to tell.”
This strikes me as the right move. The opening felt like a good introduction that was moving quickly towards exciting action, and as much as I am always up for characters debating right and wrong, it is the mystery of the facility they are heading towards that really hooked me.
That’s really interesting you made the substitution at the last minute--there’s just something about self-imposed deadlines that seems to me to provide some useful spark that brings out the editor side of writing. A great edit and I’ll be reading the next installments with an eye towards the guilt the crew is carrying.
Really appreciate that! I couldn’t agree more regarding self imposed deadlines, it helps force me to actually solve the problem or at least do something!
I haven't read the first part yet but plan to go back to it. I enjoyed the dig into folk horror. The Feast sounds like something I need to watch ASAP
Thank you! The Feast is fantastic, highly recommend it.
“Looking back at it, I felt that throwing the reader into the aftermath of the job with little context beyond Nera's immediate frame of mind was more in line with the story I wanted to tell.”
This strikes me as the right move. The opening felt like a good introduction that was moving quickly towards exciting action, and as much as I am always up for characters debating right and wrong, it is the mystery of the facility they are heading towards that really hooked me.
That’s really interesting you made the substitution at the last minute--there’s just something about self-imposed deadlines that seems to me to provide some useful spark that brings out the editor side of writing. A great edit and I’ll be reading the next installments with an eye towards the guilt the crew is carrying.
Really appreciate that! I couldn’t agree more regarding self imposed deadlines, it helps force me to actually solve the problem or at least do something!