A good story is all about layers. Full of suspense, secrets, and complex and ever changing characteristics. A good story can make or break an author, and can change the readers view on the world.
So can a good sandwich.
Similar to a complex story, the elements of a good sandwich must work together in such harmony that they combine delicately yet powerfully in your stomach. Although that may seem like a stretch, over my Holidays, I have been looking at many different 2 act plays for a drama project. Each one is different from the next, some lacking the basic ingredients of suspense or romance, while some adding too many different combinations, none of which seem to work out quite right.
In the midst of my search for the perfect play, I chose a random number and ended up with pulled pork. Well, I am a baker – pies are my specialty, and I have never attempted to do anything more with pork than a simple pork chop, but I was up to the challenge. On the list of ingredients was something I had never even heard of – “Pork Butt”. I went to 3 different local grocery stores (who’s butchers all seemed to be on their lunch breaks), and finally found one who told me, chuckling a little, that pork butt was in fact the more crass name for pork shoulder. Because as he said, “who’s going to want to buy something’s butt?”
