Did you know you could fly

I'm trying to decide where to go with this . . .

The original idea was to do the whole thing as a series of letters, with the reality of what happened at the beginning only being truly revealed at the end. The whole thing is supposed to span about 7 years.

But . . .

A. started giving me a *lot* more backstory than I expected. There are other things I want to tell now - things that can't logically be explained through the medium of one person who was there writing to another person who was there.

Moreover, the scene that originally sparked this whole thing was just a flash of the discovery of A. last letter to Pinny by a third party. Obviously the discovery must be narrated outside of the letter context even if the story actually ends with the last letter.

So I'm torn. If I continue with the letter sequence, there's just so much of the story I won't be able to tell. If I alternate between letters and narrated scenes, then it will be difficult to have the gradual revelation through A.'s words that I imagined.

Hmm . . . maybe if I intersperse the letters with narrated scenes from the point of view of other people that A. meets - people who also don't know the story, and therefore can't give it away too early, but are still able to provide an outside perspective . . .

I'm thinking aloud here, obviously. Damn story in my head doesn't want to come out the way I want it. *sigh*

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No coffee. I absolutely hate coffee. As for tea, I've not met one I didn't like, but I like mine with *LOTS* of sugar. And I mean lots. Usually I put 3-4 teaspoons or 5-6 packets of sugar in my tea, if it's black tea. Somewhat less if it's green or herbal tea. I know that pretty much negates any healthy benefit from the tea itself. I'm trying to learn to back off on the sugar, but it's slow going.

I'm famous at work for my entire shelf o' tea. I have an insane variety of teas -- partially because people keep giving me tea and I don't drink it all that often (my usually morning drink of choice is a 20-oz Coke). But when I am in a tea mood it's always nice to have such a plethora of choices.

Oh, and if I ever do go to an actually coffee shop, I always get chai. I don't usually like milk in my tea, but I love chai. Especially with extra cinnamon.