The World Walkers: A Conversation with Joel

[kajones_writing]

There’s a knock on the bedroom door and I call ‘Come in,’ because I have some idea of who it might be. When I turn in my desk chair I’m unsurprised to find Joel standing there, looking a little unsure of himself, and I beckon him forward.

“Hi,” he says as he takes a couple of steps closer. “I know you’ve been writing some stories about Taithmarin

Comments

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

This is utterly fascinating.

Talking to a world ... it's fun, it's enlightening, but they are very alien minds compared to a finite mortal person.

I spent much of the movie Avatar thinking, "This plot needs more beetles. There should totally be a plague of beetles destroying the human base. Or slime mold." And instead it was all photogenic megafauna.

At least they... Did you say something?

[thnidu]

(Scribble, scribble. Pause. Riffle of pages.)

Knock, knock!

Who's there?

Nobody.

What? Who said that?

Nobody.

Is there somebody at the door?

You asked.

What do you mean, I asked?

[silence]

(Riffle of pages. Scribble, scribble.)