tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701145156287072304.post7727080024952678057..comments2021-07-06T01:28:03.409-07:00Comments on Sessha Batto: Excerpt challenge, day fiveSessha Battohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15569927397738788073noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701145156287072304.post-57054804049336092052014-06-08T10:53:16.900-07:002014-06-08T10:53:16.900-07:00As a writer, there is something compellingly beaut...As a writer, there is something compellingly beautiful to me about exploring the depth of a couple's devotion to each other through the application of (unwanted) physical pain. How far will the healthy spouse go to defend, care for and even, in some cases, rebuild the other half of his or her heart? Will they go to any lengths at all? Will they, in cases where the injured spouse is different afterwards (for whatever reason) adapt to the person their beloved has become? Or will they walk away? I suppose it's so attractive to me because it's one of the deepest fears I carry, knowing what I do about my own health and how it can very quickly change. How it can leave me a different person than it was before. I have been lucky. I have come through relatively unchanged so far. But I know well the vagaries of the brain. I am lucky to have a spouse, a partner, a wife, as devoted to me as Megan is and will always be - but I still fear that I could change TOO much, even for her, so I explore it through my own writing, and love to read about it in others' work. When will this rewrite be done, do you know? I can't wait to see it in its entirety.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094148315488930677noreply@blogger.com