I need help writing a short story (Chicken Soup kind)?
I want to write this story where a woman who was once a ‘nightwalker’…in other words, serviced other men, but changed. However, her family never forgave her and she spent many Christmases without them. One year she is determined to resolve their problems and have a cozy Christmas again. I wanted to contrast her old memories of Christmas with the present narrative in the books through two or three flashbacks–is that too many? Can flashbacks ruin a story? I also want to tell about her fall into prostituion without making it a long story. How can I work it into a narrative? This is how I’m working my flashbacks in now, BTW: She is drifting in and out of sleep on a cold December night, and relives various memories of the happy Christmases. Is this too chintzy?
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