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Squidge replied to the topic NaNoWriMo in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 9 months ago
So does that mean we have to come clean on our daily word count? Oh Lord, I really WILL have to buck my ideas up!
Am I allowed the 1st November off? Interview day for candidates for the new vicar…and guess who’s one of the interviewers? 😉 -
Squidge replied to the topic NaNoWriMo in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 9 months ago
HA! Just crossed with Daeds – Daeds, shall we form a novel finishing club?!!
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Squidge replied to the topic NaNoWriMo in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 9 months ago
Is there a version for NaNoFiMo? (National Novel Finishing Month) I really must get moving on the WIP, but I’ve stalled with everything else going on and I cannot get motivated to write at all. Keep knitting instead…
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Squidge replied to the topic Opinion about title in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 9 months ago
I wouldn’t have said that any of them give any indication as to the target readership. I’d just assume it was an unusual character name, with possibly a hint of sci-fi, but it doesn’t give anything away about the story.
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John S Alty posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Listening to an old Jimmy Buffett album. Doesn’t have the same impact it did when listening to it lying on the deck of my boat with a glass of rum in my hand, swinging to the anchor in a Caribbean bay.
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Philippa East replied to the topic Controlling Idea / Downsizing in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 9 months ago
Control or to warn?
And I suppose that’s another thing…. we all choose the stories we want to hear!!
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Philippa East replied to the topic Controlling Idea / Downsizing in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 9 months ago
I’ve also come to realise that themes / controlling ideas are basically the reason why human beings have always told, written and read stories.
We are all trying to understand how the world works and how best to live our lives within it.
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Philippa East replied to the topic Controlling Idea / Downsizing in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 9 months ago
Maybe it’s something as simple (elegant) as “when desire burns too hot, it destroys”?
I think mine is: “only when culpability is deeply acknowledged can true reconciliation occur.”
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Philippa East replied to the topic Titles in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 9 months ago
Thanks guys! I’m going to try and draw up a shortlist for Sarah today…
I really appreciate all the help
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Philippa East replied to the topic New title needed for 'Snatched' – help! in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 9 months ago
I LOVE the sound of this book!!
How about…. (London’s) Queen of Time and Shadow
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Philippa East replied to the topic Controlling Idea / Downsizing in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 9 months ago
Exactly 🙂
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John S Alty replied to the topic Titles in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 9 months ago
Tangled Web (A, The, What a, Weaving a,)
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John S Alty replied to the topic New title needed for 'Snatched' – help! in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 9 months ago
Time is sometimes described as a fourth dimension, so:
Fourth Dimension
The Fourth Dimension
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Squidge replied to the topic New title needed for 'Snatched' – help! in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 9 months ago
The time between?
Between times?
The Time Snatcher of London Towns?
A shadow of time… (working on from Jonathan’s suggestions)
A shadow in time?I really hate titles sometimes!;)
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Philippa East started the topic Controlling Idea / Downsizing in the forum Coffee Shop 7 years, 9 months ago
On the podcast I am obsessed with (storygrid.com), they refer to a story’s theme as the “controlling idea”. I like this way of putting it, because a good theme helps you control the unwieldy beast that most (draft) stories are.
A “controlling idea” might be something like “happiness comes through pursuing our true calling”, “money isn’t…[Read more]
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Philippa East replied to the topic Titles in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 9 months ago
Oh my goodness, guys, what great suggestions! I will check out those links too.
@Squidge, I’d love to take a look at your exercise if you can send it?
The focus for the book is about whether and how a family can truly reconcile after such a trauma, and what level of culpability a family must ultimately shoulder. Much time in the book is spent in…[Read more]
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Barry Walsh posted an update 7 years, 9 months ago
Nice to be back among old friends and, hopefully, some new ones. About a hundred years ago, I wrote a novel. I’ve finally got to the end of another but it’s far from finished. Looking forward to reading some short stories.
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Good to know, Barry, we’ve been waiting for it! (For those Denizens who don’t know Barry, he wrote a fantastic, bittersweet coming of age novel set in the 1960s called The Pimlico Kid, which is well worth a read)
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Thank you Daeds. it’s certainly been a long time, something I might blog about one day. On second thoughts, it might not be such good read! I hope all goes well for you and I’m pleased to see your productivity in recent times.
Barry
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