Some writerly inspo? This is mildly spoilery for Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, but only in the Shakespeare's vague biography kind of way:
If you don't know anything about Shakespeare, he had a son named Hamnet who died young, so you start the book (probably) knowing that, and when the kids get sick and the plague is going around, you're like: ahh. Well. This sucks. But it was so well done. The chapters alternate between POVs, and as they go towards the end of the first half of the book they get shorter and shorter, like it's ramping up to this inevitability you're dreading - this terrible thing that has to happen. Idk! I just thought it was so well done. I still keep thinking about it: dang, she did a good job there.
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Date: Friday, January 10th, 2025 15:29 (UTC)If you don't know anything about Shakespeare,
he had a son named Hamnet who died young, so you start the book (probably) knowing that, and when the kids get sick and the plague is going around, you're like: ahh. Well. This sucks. But it was so well done. The chapters alternate between POVs, and as they go towards the end of the first half of the book they get shorter and shorter, like it's ramping up to this inevitability you're dreading - this terrible thing that has to happen.Idk! I just thought it was so well done. I still keep thinking about it: dang, she did a good job there.