Writing a profile piece on an entire neighborhood has proved
to be even more challenging and ambitious than I anticipated. I came up against
a number of hurdles in the past week and a half while attempting to formulate
this project. For starters, I had multiple interview appointments cancelled
and/or rescheduled and as of right now, I have two interview appointments this
Thursday, so those people’s stories won’t be found in my piece yet. I’ve also
struggled with finding an arc and unifying thread to hold and guide the story
of this place. I attempted to use a dichotomous form and a memory of walking
home through the neighborhood to inform the flow of the piece but I’m not
convinced that it accomplishes what I want it to – yet. Needles to say, this
piece needs a lot of work and is already begging for additions and revisions,
but it’s a start. Right now, it runs 1,215 words long and I feel like I could
easily double that with another two weeks to work on it. Right now, this idea
is a big one. I just hope it’ll turn into a good one as well before the end.
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