Challenge 981

Outlining

In Charles C. Cole’s A Private Eye for Magic Folk: By what route do Avery and Tina go from Avery’s office to the park? What scene is omitted? Why does Avery allude to it later?
In Toni Livakovic’s Cards and Humanity: The characters propose a substantial list of ideas for stories ranging in length from flash fiction to novels. What examples can you find in Bewildering Stories? In world literature? Can you find examples of anything the characters may have overlooked?
In Gary Campanella”s Vee Signs: What does the narrator learn from his experience in saving Vee’s life?
In Karin S. Heigl’s Tandar Visits Marantas: Why might readers conclude that the story is evidently a chapter excerpted from a novel or a draft of one? It outlines at least three embedded stories. What might the conflicts be in each?
In Changming Yuan’s Converting: How might the father feel about the conclusion drawn by his son’s memoir?