THe Swimmer
By Julia Hoch

It's "turtles all the way down" with artists and their inspiration, however, for this first piece I did not have a "puzzle piece" to inspire this piece.   

I started by writing by hand, as I find it easier to generate new stories this way.  While this is a "staged picture," using teacup as paperweight for this project, tea and/or coffee are important players in my writing life.

Next, I typed up what I had written. 
I did my best not to make any edits while transcribing.  This allowed to have a first read through of the whole piece, before editing and it's much easier to edit on a word editor than a handwritten page.  I made notes for myself in the margins of things I initially noticed.

Then, I made edits.  I worked on the overall pacing, noticing where I had elaborated too long in one area, and clarifying places where my language had been vague.  This was at around 6 PM on my day. Then that night before bed, I was struck by a need to change the ending.  Up to this point it had been the following:

I realized that the character needed to recognize herself as a swimmer, the swimmer more clearly not just be recognized as one. This was the new ending I wrote before midnight.
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This piece like every piece in A Day's Work and the project itself is a work-in-progress, with that understanding, we would love your feedback.  What do you like? Dislike? Want more of?  What questions do you have? 
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