I'm glad you're enjoying it so far. I did make an effort to put some humour all the way through, to keep it from getting too angsty. I've been working on it so long that I'm sort of immune and people are leaving me comments about how sad it is and I'm going, 'oh yeah, it is sad, I forgot about that!'. John-as-interpreter was what really interested me to write it. That person who knows what you're saying, even if you're not saying it. He's been very useful for keeping the story moving, too. I'm glad the speech worked for you! In real life, aphasics can take several minutes to get one or two words out, so I was trying to find the right balance between showing this is really bad and not having him 'um' for half a page at a time.
Thanks for commenting! I hope you continue to enjoy the story.
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Date: 2013-01-23 10:13 pm (UTC)I'm glad you're enjoying it so far. I did make an effort to put some humour all the way through, to keep it from getting too angsty. I've been working on it so long that I'm sort of immune and people are leaving me comments about how sad it is and I'm going, 'oh yeah, it is sad, I forgot about that!'. John-as-interpreter was what really interested me to write it. That person who knows what you're saying, even if you're not saying it. He's been very useful for keeping the story moving, too. I'm glad the speech worked for you! In real life, aphasics can take several minutes to get one or two words out, so I was trying to find the right balance between showing this is really bad and not having him 'um' for half a page at a time.
Thanks for commenting! I hope you continue to enjoy the story.