The Age of Adeline in General

The Age of Adeline

I just watched that movie again. It breaks my heart every time. I don’t know why Hollywood is trying so hard to make it go away, for a five year old movie it should be all over HBO / Cinemax / Starz. There is some political shit going on behind the scenes I am sure.
It is so heartbreaking and bittersweet.

I am in the midst of writing, or more appropriately rewriting a short story for a submission as a writing sample for my application to the MFA program.

I struck me that for the lost love in my short story, I had no emotional investment.

As is, she is “Celia.”

After watching “The Age of Adeline” I wondered how changing her name to “Audrey” would change the trajectory of my emotional writing.

For Celia, as a writer, I have no feelings. But for Audrey, she is the ache that never goes away. And that is what I am looking for in the story I am writing.