{"id":2096,"date":"2024-10-10T07:22:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T07:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quantum.closelycoded.site\/?page_id=2096"},"modified":"2024-12-18T01:34:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T01:34:59","slug":"backstory-entanglement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/events.cqt.sg\/shorts\/backstory-entanglement\/","title":{"rendered":"Backstory: Entanglement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2096\" class=\"elementor elementor-2096\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5922dc1c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5922dc1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6683d3c4 elementor-absolute elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6683d3c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"92\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/events.cqt.sg\/shorts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/pattern_top.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-591\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66666dcf elementor-absolute elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"66666dcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/events.cqt.sg\/shorts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/pattern_bottom.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-592\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d31c074 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d31c074\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35255a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35255a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Backstory: Entanglement<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-698dafe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"698dafe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"center\">A Q&amp;A with\u00a0<strong>Kathryn Aldridge-Morris<\/strong>, Quantum Shorts finalist<\/p><p align=\"center\">Read the story:\u00a0<a href=\"\/entry\/entanglement\">Entanglement<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc8bc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bc8bc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Can you give a short introduction of yourself?<\/strong><\/p><p>I\u2019m a freelance writer living in Bristol, UK, creating content for educational materials and textbooks in the field of English Language Teaching. My flash fiction and creative nonfiction has been widely published in literary journals and anthologies and I\u2019ve won several awards for my writing, including the Forge Literary Magazine\u2019s prize for Nonfiction and Manchester Writing School\u2019s \u2018QuietManDave\u2019 Prize for flash fiction.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>How did you come up with the idea for your story?<\/strong><\/p><p>I started scrolling through the list of concepts on the Quantum Shorts website and as soon as I came across \u2018Entanglement\u2019 something lit up in my brain and it started sparking all sorts of metaphors! At the same time, I was conscious of the challenge of trying to come up with a compelling story with only a surface knowledge of the world of physics. So then I thought, why not write about the not knowing, what it means to confront the unknowable. The story needed tension, some kind of conflict, so I needed a character who was brilliant at physics as a counterpoint to this unknowing, curious person. But it would be boring to simply have one person explaining basic physics to another, so I needed a motive for that person to want to hear about the physics. I often write about women, mothers and daughters, and given my own daughter is amazing at physics, I chose to write about a mother\/daughter relationship. Flash fiction is about capturing a significant moment, so I decided they could be on the brink of disentanglement, as the daughter prepares to leave home to study physics. For any story to work, there has to be some emotional resonance, so the mother is grappling with all of this, with the realisation that their relationship is on the verge of expanding into something new, and for now, unknowable.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>What was your writing process like?<\/strong><\/p><p>I started by actually asking my daughter some basic questions about physics, but I was paying as much attention to how she explained and how I received the information, as I was to the explanation itself.\u00a0 I then started writing the scene and the idea of superposition emerged as another great metaphor for this turning point in the relationship. The daughter is still there in her childhood bedroom with posters and cuddly toys, on the cusp of independence \u2013 the mother hyper-conscious of this, hence the question about drink-spiking. I wasn\u2019t writing towards a specific ending. I needed to just write to see how the story developed. I wasn\u2019t sure how to land the piece and then the idea of going a bit \u2018meta\u2019 with it came from nowhere and I had my ending!<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>What is your favourite science-inspired book?<\/strong><\/p><p><em>10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in This Strange World<\/em>\u00a0by Elif Shafak storying the last minutes of brain activity of a murdered prostitute left in a dumpster in Istanbul.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>What does being a Quantum Shorts finalist mean to you?<\/strong><\/p><p>It\u2019s such an honour and feels hugely validating to be a finalist in such a prestigious contest! I\u2019m absolutely thrilled to be getting exposure as a writer outside the writing community, and for a story which means so much to me.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Is there anything else you would like to tell us about you or your story?<\/strong><\/p><p>If you enjoyed my story, you can read more of my work on my website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kamwords.com\/\">www.kamwords.com<\/a>!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backstory: Entanglement A Q&amp;A with\u00a0Kathryn Aldridge-Morris, Quantum Shorts finalist Read the story:\u00a0Entanglement Can you give a short introduction of yourself? I\u2019m a freelance writer living in Bristol, UK, creating content for educational materials and textbooks in the field of English Language Teaching. 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