Inspired by this great post on Medium from Paul Ford, I thought I’d start jotting down ideas for stories that are just rattling around in my head.
A story about books, from the perspective of a book (bear with me), based on the form of the book that the reader is experiencing. Sort of inspired by the essay I, Pencil, and motivated by the idea (and my strong belief) that a book can take many forms (which I wrote about).
The life of some protagonist… on some journey (listen, there’s a reason I haven’t written the story) is revealed primarily by how they experience the world through sound. Protagonist is probably deaf, but maybe not (motivated by my own relationship with sound and sense).
Everyone is given their book at birth, and they carry that book with them their entire life. The book doesn’t change, but they change, and so they relate to the book differently (and are further changed). Everyone might have a different book, or you could have the same book as someone else.