So there is the physical: Or there is a metaphor... Okay, I'm stuck. Its the balloon. All I see is, well, a balloon. Synopsis "Whose idea was it to use balloons?" The man next to him shrugged. They had watched one go up three hours ago. It had been green, meaning all was okay. Then… Continue reading Logline 10 – Red Balloon
Category: Short Stories
Logline 9 – Oppression
I had to Google this word. Not that I didn't know what oppression was but to understand all the intricacies. So Wikipedia says: Oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.[1] It can also be defined as an act or instance of oppressing, the state of being oppressed, and the… Continue reading Logline 9 – Oppression
Logline 8 – Runaways
Really for me this was not a difficult prompt. With my family background there are masses of runaways, but I decided to look at my mum's family... And my Irish ancestors. It has to be the potato famine... Did you know that recently they have found that the particular blight that caused the famine appears… Continue reading Logline 8 – Runaways
Logline 7 – Stolen
This is an excellent prompt... Stolen... What is stolen? Who is stolen? Is it a romance or a thriller or a crime? The questions are endless. And I've got to choose one. There is the stealing of a child - but I don't want to do a story about that. Lately in Wales the stealing… Continue reading Logline 7 – Stolen
Logline 6 – Winning Numbers
Today's prompt is - winning numbers - which could mean a number of things. The first that comes to mind has to be winning the lottery or lotto. Except that seems too obvious. I then got thinking about the movies I have watched recently. One of them was Mr Brooks and The Watcher - both about serial… Continue reading Logline 6 – Winning Numbers
Logline 5 – Record Holder
So this had me confused... Is it a record holder as in a person who holds a record, or is it a thing that holds records? So I did what any confused person would do and Googled it. I do find it great that Google is a verb. So what came up were record holders… Continue reading Logline 5 – Record Holder
Logline 4 – Booby Trap
The first thing that came into my head was The Goonies, okay so I'm a bit of a nerd... Then I started to think about it in terms of traps. One thing that come to my mind was Mousetrap the game. This led me to thinking of games and a conversation I had seen on Facebook between… Continue reading Logline 4 – Booby Trap
Rejected…
I had another rejection today. I'm not sure I'll ever get used to it. But the good news is that I can share it. The story is a piece of flash fiction. Not that I truly understand flash fiction. I tend to see it as an art in itself. A novel is a particular type… Continue reading Rejected…
Logline 3 – Diamonds
Oh! The choices... But I did quickly decide on one idea. The only problem is that it desperately wants to be a story so I have beaten it into submission and twisted it into a logline. Although I have a feeling it will soon be a story. 🙂 Logline Recovering from a divorce, in which… Continue reading Logline 3 – Diamonds
Logline 2 – Hidden
This was a bit of a difficult one... The prompt turned up a number of ideas but I like this one. 🙂 Hidden Twenty years ago Maria, an unwed teenage mother, was forced to walk away from the hospital believing her child to be dead. Now years later a young woman arrives on her doorstep… Continue reading Logline 2 – Hidden
Kate Murray - Cleaver 