Beginnings

I have not been feeling well the last couple of days and ended up spending significantly more time than intended in my pajamas watching "Doctor Who". When reading Professor Ballenger's post about organizing essays and chronology, the first thing that came to mind was what The Doctor had to say about time. I believe he said something along the lines of: "People think of time as a straight line, but it's not. It's more of a wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey thing". Maybe this isn't the most eloquent of descriptions, but I think it makes sense if you think about it in context of writing stories. As Professor Ballenger said, we can manipulate the timeline of a story to add drama, tension, whatever we think will make the story better.

In my essay I just started writing about what I first thought of, without really considering the material. I begin with a description of Mirror Valley, where I used to live, then transition into a description of a different place that I lived. I wanted to show the contrast between the two, good vs bad I suppose, although it's never that simple. I started with the good, although I'm wondering now if it would be better to start with the more dramatic "bad".