Hi Nicky.
I'm glad that the narrative evoked such memories for you. And that the story piqued your interest.
I wanted to explore the idea of how humans might cope in a world where their food could talk back to them. And also have a twist at the end where the Emu's food talks back to them. I wonder if the Emu would turn out any different to the humans? Best left up to the imagination. I'm a big believer that a story can leave the reader with gaps and questions to fill with their own imagination. As long as it is done carefully it can be satisfying for both writer and reader I think.
Cheers for checking out The Great Awakening 🙂
Imaging how different that would be if animals spoke, a bit like those daemons in His Dark Materials! I think many would suddenly change their tune but somethings are best left to the imagination like you say!
I agree that the story teller should leave a gap and let the reader fill it in themselves, it's a bit like what I try to do with my music and the posts about them. Yes, I have my own story for it but when someone clicks play, they'll get taken to a world where their own mind will interpret the frequencies of the music!
Hope you're all good mate, we should catch up at some point on messenger or Discord or somewhere!
Yeah m8. We'll chew the fat on discord soon I promise 🙂
Looking forward to it mate!