Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-24996913-20140811072625/@comment-24996913-20140812031833

I wanted to make it seem like they were alive, but he was holding their portraits anytime he physically came into contact with them. I probably did lag on description in that sense. In the basement, he started getting flashbacks about how he "handled" the ritual of keeping his family together. Drawing the portraits and placing them around the house to make it seem like a solid unit though everyone is dead down in the basement. So when he grabbed the boys and kissed his wife, it was their portraits he came into contact with. Maybe I should rewrite a bit of it to make it more clear. I feel my flashbacks may be a little confusing.