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Monday, June 12, 2023
Microstory 1906: Thoughts On Mateo Daily
I can’t believe that this story arc is over. Not too long after I first came
up with the weekly scheduling format for this series, I decided that there
should come a time when I alter that for in-universe reasons. I waited eight
years for what would become Mateo Daily, and while I never really know
what’s going to happen too far down the line in the story, it now feels more
up in the air than it has in the past. I made some mistakes during this
arc—I’ll admit that—and left some threads loose. If you were to read my
nanofiction tweets, for instance, you would hear Dalton mention that his
compatriot is Heath Walton, who is a recurring character in Mateo Daily. I
ran out of time to explain that twist, and now the only way I’ll be able to
get to it is just by a throwaway line, or maybe a cameo. I introduced
characters who were less important than I thought they would be, and others
were left hanging. I’m sure that there are plot holes too. It’s really hard
to keep track of where everyone is, what they’ve recently done, and
especially what they know. Has Character A ever met Character B, and if not,
have they at least heard of them before? I write about time travel,
so it’s often fine, because when in doubt, I can just say,
yeah, they met...a hundred years from now, and in an alternate
timeline. That trick didn’t always work when they were in the Third Rail, so
forgive me and my errors.
Anyway, Mateo Daily was incredibly stressful, and pretty time consuming. Not
only did I find it more difficult to maintain continuity, but I also ended
up writing longer installments than I assumed I would. They weren’t usually
as long as normal macrofiction installments, but they sometimes were, and
they were usually not as short as microfiction stories either. I regret
nothing, though. As I said in the introduction, I have no current plans to
alter the format so drastically again, but that doesn’t mean it won’t
happen. I’ll let the story tell me what needs to be done to make it work.
For now, I’m returning to the weekly format. Team Matic’s story is not yet
over. They still have to deal with the Reconvergence, and the consequences
of it. After that, I’m not tellin’, but I promise, they’ll stay busy.
Tomorrow is the beginning of the Conversations microfiction series,
which will be written in dialogue form, like the
Interview Transcripts series. Starting Saturday, Leona will stand
with the rest of the Shortlist on...The Edge.
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