The draft of my 7000 words Tale is done. 7000 words is not much, but Gemnini tells me that illustrated and and well put together, it can make a good product. I am ready for Beta reading ( oops, it's in French, but translation is not that hard to do...), rewriting, etc. So, how do I go for beta readers?

@Dani Rosenblad James It's a tale of a newcomer arrival in a village ( Yes, the talk about immigration, now in the form of a tale). I will not describe what I want to convey... I want Beta readers to tell me what's been conveyed to them.

"So here’s the question for you: What does writing allow us to do in times of turmoil that other forms of expression do not?" Any work of fiction reflects something in the real world. Humor has its way of getting readers to "swallow the pill" a little more easily. Transposing people so that you are not directly naming a specific country, group, religion, etc., but you are showing, not telling what's itching you. Readers who are on one side of an issue can get to see what it's like to be in the other person's shoes. That's what fiction can do. That's what I hope to do with my tale. Sprinkle a little humour ( it's not exactly there for the time being, I realise), Set the scene in a village in the past... and say something about immigration without pointing any finger at anyone... just have a situation

@Shawn Helgerson On YouTube, we see old interviews where the interviewer just listens to the person ( a politician, an artist, etc.) for several minutes in a row, developping a train of thoughts freely... we don't have that format anymore.

Roughly 5000 words of a small tale written. I have covered every scene I wanted, except for the conclusion after the climax. I will write that conclusion and/or do my first revision of it. Yes, that's it for this week. Then, following weeks will be about what I will do with it.

@Kelly Miller , @Dani Rosenblad James Accountability partner... doen't the community right here already makes you feel "accountable" if you tell right here what you will do this week? Edit : ha ok... a recommendation in the classroom. https://www.skool.com/the-storytellers-path/classroom/6a5f3b45?md=329081fb1fcb4b508e51e3b2a1a7144e

Workshop. Yes Dani, send me the details whichever way you like. Of course there is choosing myself, trusting, choosing to voice out loud what's on my mind. And you you know that ... yes, send me the details.

I have set my goal on writing a small collection of tales that mix Quebec's with Persian traditions of tales. Tales will do better than real story. I have 2 tale ideas in my head already, waiting for me to "put meat around the bone" I wonder if the Chasse-Gallerie story is local to Quebec or if it is internationally known.