8. The meditation

Writing stories that are based on a hypotheses is not easy. Although these books are liberating, they are also presenting a tricky paradigm where the line between anincredible story and an impossible one, therefore unbelievable, is very thin. I cannot stick for too long with those stories. I prefer imaginary stories based on possible and existing things, things I have seen or know to be possible, rather then ultra sci-fi stories. "Bel Canto" by Ann Patchett , the book I'm inspired to write here today, is such an experiment of the imaginary, but in the realm of what is possible. I liked the emotional exploration, the depth of some characters, the keywords masterfully chosen so that they make a whole new side story blossom, without having to write it in words. I like those kind of words. When I am lucky to enter a "creative state", I use this kind of Schlüsselwörter (as the Germans say) too, to remind myself a thought that led to another though, to another thought... If you were to ask, what is this book about? I could describe the setting - a room, the characters - some of them remain in the background, some become familiar, and that's it. The book is in fact an introverted kind of story. Reading "Bel Canto" was like a meditation. A time that I used to travel in my mind, see memories I thought long gone, walk streets I've walked in real life and see clearly what I must have seen at that time. What would have happened if i took a different turn ?