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Transmission
In the last post I mentioned the ‘Transmission Project’, which according to the Manchester Metropolitan University student handbook is ‘an independent research unit, undertaken at the end of the taught element…to explore a specific area of the transmission of text.’ … Continue reading
Anne Tyler at the Oxford Literary Festival
Along with 850 other fans, I was lucky enough to have a ticket to this morning’s Oxford Literary Festival interview with Anne Tyler at the Sheldonian Theatre. It was an absorbing event – the first public appearance of its type, … Continue reading
Posted in Influences
Tagged Anne Tyler, Breathing Lessons, character, craft of writing, dialogue, narrative, Oxford Literary Festival, planning, subconscious
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Non-Instant Karma — We All Shine On
I’ve recently been writing a very tricky chapter of The Angel in which Kim falls over and hurts herself and believes it might signify some sort of bad karma — which it may well be bearing in mind what she’s … Continue reading
Posted in Writing Process
Tagged Bicester Village, commuting, dialogue, exposition, feedback, internal dialogue, karma, planning, progress, serendipity, The Angel, workshops
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The Narrative Center
As mentioned in the last post, I just spent a very long weekend in Center Parcs (staying until late Monday afternoon. trying to get most value for money). I’ve been to all the Center Parcs in the country although the … Continue reading
Posted in Plot, Research
Tagged Action Company Challenge, Aerial Adventure, author, BA, Center Parcs, customer service, Disneyland, Elveden, holidays, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, MBA, motivation, narrative, narrator, Penny Lane, planning, Plot, psychology, Research, security, Structure, subconscious, The Economist, Thomson Holidays
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Addressing Deficiencies
Getting back to ideas for The Angel, I think I may have plugged a bit of a hole in the plot and balanced out the characters a bit by considering introducing a male admirer of Kim when she moves to … Continue reading
Posted in character, Plot, The Angel
Tagged character, Emma, James, Kim, motivation, new character, planning, Plot, sex
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That Big Shiny Thing in the Sky
Not sure what happened but there was this huge, bright, shiny thing in the sky, which was strangely blue itself, over the weekend. I’m sure there was something other-worldly about it as it attracted me outside and away from any … Continue reading
Opening the Novel?
Unlike the majority of my fellow students on the City course I’ve not approached the writing of either of my novels-in-progress in any kind of sequence — either chronologically or in anticipation of the eventual order in the book. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Structure, The Angel
Tagged backstory, computer programming, fire, inciting action, James, Kim, non-linerar thinking, opening chapters, planning, Plot, plot points, real life, Structure, tutorials, Village Underground
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