I did write a thousand words on Tuesday, so, er…

… Yes, it does makes me feel better to say that.

It’s a good idea for a story. I wanted to knowingly - nudge, nudge. Wink, wink -  link with Checkov’s gun trope. That if a gun appears in a story it has to get fired. The first line of the story is “And so he bought a gun and learned to use it; he told himself it was for the protection of his family.” 

I wanted the first line to make the reader go ‘oh oh.’  Something is going to happen. I want to try to create tension form the first line. He (Mark) also has two small children (girls) who are I am making vunerable from the get go (arm in a cast).I am casting around in my mind now for the perfect climax.

Killing the family pet?

Killing a daughter? Or Wife?

Avoiding the above but destroying something else dear?

Or nothing…

 Oh, yeah. The working title is ‘Cordite.’ So you know something has been fired.