{"id":3111,"date":"2021-03-04T10:40:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T18:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2021-03-04T10:40:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T18:40:43","slug":"bright-things-20-first-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/?p=3111","title":{"rendered":"Bright Things #20: First Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">One o<\/strong><\/em><em><strong data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">f the themes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/The-Memory-Collectors\/Kim-Neville\/9781982157586\">The Memory Collectors<\/a> is our relationship to physical objects \u2014 the memories, emotions, and power they hold for us. <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Every week leading up to the book\u2019s release, I\u2019ll share the story of an object that\u2019s special to me.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CDCBA9FA-ACF3-4693-B8C3-F18DC05C16E9-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3112\" width=\"401\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CDCBA9FA-ACF3-4693-B8C3-F18DC05C16E9-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CDCBA9FA-ACF3-4693-B8C3-F18DC05C16E9-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CDCBA9FA-ACF3-4693-B8C3-F18DC05C16E9-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CDCBA9FA-ACF3-4693-B8C3-F18DC05C16E9-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CDCBA9FA-ACF3-4693-B8C3-F18DC05C16E9-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CDCBA9FA-ACF3-4693-B8C3-F18DC05C16E9-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CDCBA9FA-ACF3-4693-B8C3-F18DC05C16E9-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, http:\/\/www.kimneville.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/CDCBA9FA-ACF3-4693-B8C3-F18DC05C16E9-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>This is one of my very first stories, written in Grade 2 and definitely heavily influenced by my book of Grimm&#8217;s fairy tales from last week&#8217;s post. In the story, the magic key grows legs and walks away from me, leading me to a door that it opens and then shuts and locks behind it\u2014The End. I guess I didn&#8217;t know what happened next. 47 year-old Kim can empathize with 7 year-old Kim here. Writing is hard.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div>Second grade was a long time ago and the paper feels and smells like the inside of an old book, which makes me feel simultaneously delighted and ancient. Although I didn&#8217;t start writing fiction seriously until I was almost 30, my love for stories and creative writing began when I was very young. Special thanks to my mom for holding on to some of my early schoolwork!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the themes of The Memory Collectors is our relationship to physical objects \u2014 the memories, emotions, and power they hold for us. 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