Daily Prompt - We can be taught! I've had many. I think I have been in education for as long as I can remember. But there have been a few memorable encounters. There are two that stick in my head, mirror images of each other. The first was a favourite teacher of mine. He had… Continue reading My Teachers
Month: September 2013
Sentence length…
I have an issue with sentence lengths. I feel that I ought to be standing in a darkened room with other writers as we all try to come to terms with out foibles with writing. I knew one writer that loved to have a musical feel to his work, consequently he would count the syllables… Continue reading Sentence length…
Prediction – logline
Prediction The Start of the Story Tabitha sits in the kitchen looking at the cards in front of her. A pile of cards lie to one side their blue backs blankly staring up. Tabitha picks up another card but puts it back before looking at it. A cat jumps onto the table and sits looking… Continue reading Prediction – logline
Daily Prompt – the cat says meow
The Cat Says Meow Well, she is at it again. Walking back and forward to the shed. It isn't really a shed, more of a wooden box with a sofa. It used to be my home. I don't remember when I arrived, just that I was cold, and hungry. Then she came. She caught me.… Continue reading Daily Prompt – the cat says meow
A scene about childhood
This scene has been playing on my mind. It is part of something bigger but my head hasn't worked out what yet. Anyway I thought I'd share it. The relationship between the mother and daughter is what I'm trying to show here. Enjoy! Practice 1 A woman stands at the sink peeling potatoes. The setting… Continue reading A scene about childhood
Dialect and writing
I was caught the other day copying dialect from the television. I know it sounds odd but I can't write dialect, I've tried and it just sounds bad. My characters go from sounding almost normal to sounding totally cardboard and just unexciting. The result is that all my characters speak the same, but different. I… Continue reading Dialect and writing
From A to Z or should I start at M?
Should a story run from the beginning to the end? What I mean is should is run chronologically or start in the middle or even the end? Take 'Lovely Bones' by Alice Sebold, this starts with the reader knowing that she will die. So the rest of the story is about how she got there.… Continue reading From A to Z or should I start at M?
Six of one, half a dozen of the other
Wanted peaceful quiet to confidently create. These are all things missing at the moment. Peace I appear to be in a constant level of stress. I am awaiting a specialist appointment to see if they can help with my vision and headaches. I am also over-run with deadlines for the soft toy business. What I… Continue reading Six of one, half a dozen of the other
The Blue Heron
This fits nicely into the daily prompt which today is 'What a Twist!'. It had been submitted to a competition but, unfortunately, been declined. Never mind it's a good story. Enjoy 🙂 The Blue Heron The man walked from his car in the driveway, noticing the light was on in the kitchen, but before he… Continue reading The Blue Heron
Dissertation 7
I am having problems with the dissertation. It isn't that I hate the story or that I am worried where it is going, it's just that I feel pressure. I am worrying that I have the age range right, or if I am using the right words, or if the chapters are too short, or...… Continue reading Dissertation 7
Kate Murray - Cleaver 