I finished my WIP, “The
Christmas Violin.” The story is told in
three movements, like a violin concerto. In Movement 1, we meet a young woman,
a young man and an old woman. None of the characters are named in Movement 1.
It begins in the cemetery with the young woman playing, and the old woman and
the young man listening.
In Movement 2, we learn that the young woman is Willow Channing, the young man is Peter James St. John. But we never learn the name of the old woman.
The story unfolds via passages, starting with Peter, then Willow and finally the old woman. It alternates in this order throughout Movement 2, incorporating the characters’ back stories and building an understanding of and empathy for their individual journeys and the obstacles they must overcome.
Movement
3 contains two characters, Willow and Peter, and they are no longer separate
vignettes but have become one.
