{"id":121,"date":"2010-02-11T22:48:03","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T22:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnovel.org.uk\/?p=121"},"modified":"2010-02-11T22:48:03","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T22:48:03","slug":"a-short-extract-prime-numbers-a-sink-a-gun-and-two-rabbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.macnovel.org.uk\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"A Short Extract — Prime Numbers, A Sink, A Gun and Two Rabbits"},"content":{"rendered":"

We were given an exercise to do a fortnight or so ago in which we had to write a maximum of 500 words in which a character from our novel was in a particular predicament. I’d better not say exactly what it was as that’s Emily’s IP but it needed to include a certain number of elements that turn up in my attempt (they didn’t include rabbits or the what Frances does herself in what I’ve written, though). I came up with a scenario that could fit very easily into the plot of ‘Burying Bad News’.<\/p>\n

I didn’t get to read mine out due to time constraints but several other people did and they were all very good. I included it the material I submitted for my tutorial last night, though. Here’s a pdf of it (just over the word limit at 551).\u00c2\u00a0 (Be aware that it’s a little gruesome and involves a couple of fairly common\u00c2\u00a0psychological disorders:<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0Sink and Oaks 110201<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 (Ignore the rather flippant subtitle too.)<\/p>\n

I was very pleased that Emily really liked the writing in this, particularly the descriptions. She thought there was something of a disjoint between the contemplation and Frances’\u00c2\u00a0eventual performing of the action and that her thought processes needed to be better explained.<\/p>\n

One thing above all others that I’ve learned since getting both the tutors’ and class’ feedback is that I tend to underwrite the interior thoughts and motivations of my characters. I suppose I write from a visual\/screenplay perspective for various reasons (doing a six month course at UCSB on Screenwriting might explain something about it).\u00c2\u00a0This is\u00c2\u00a0a tendency I need to counterbalance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We were given an exercise to do a fortnight or so ago in which we had to write a maximum of 500 words in which a character from our novel was in a particular predicament. I’d better not say exactly what it was as that’s Emily’s IP but it needed to include a certain number … <\/p>\n

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