Month: May 2010

The projects Highland Stories and Little Lolo Stories are pretty much done which means Monte Stories and the Cornbread project need to get fully drafted this summer. I am a week and a half away from some time to focus on my own work and I need to get a revision plan down. I remember when Jenny Cornell assigned this for the Highland Stories. It was tremendously helpful. So I do it now out of habit. Here is what I came up with:

Monte Stories:

Prologue:

• Carlos Stories–intro of family and Carlos and necessity for these stories

Section 1–sets up community, village ideals, gossip, infidelities of marriage and friendship

• San Luis
• South Fork
• Felipa
• Pifanio
• Carlos and Pifanio
• Delores
• Pifanio and Felipa
• Pifanio’s Wives
• Felipa Pregnant
• *Church Community*

Section 2–follows Carlos’ downfall, crash sites, drinking and reliance on Lena

• Carlos Unexplained Sighting
• Carlos and the Sugar
• Felipa’s Pregnancy
• Carlos’ Foreclosure
• Carlos and Felipa Trip to Market
• *more argument in market*
• Daughter’s Trip Home

Section 3–Carlos’ background, Felipa’s regret, motherhood

• Carlos Back in his Day–maybe move to previous section?
• Felipa Haunts Lena
• *more Felipa following Lena and Bruna
• Carlos Without Felipa
• Carlos’ Amputation
• *more with Carlos’ reaction in hospital

Section 4–future monte stories, lost monte stories, lost family, loss of community, future?

• Lena Visits Felipa and Carlos
• Lena’s Kitchen
• *Future in Lena’s Kitchen?
• *?