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Squidge replied to the topic New title needed for 'Snatched' – help! in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 7 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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Thea replied to the topic Titles in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 8 months ago
Hi Philippa, ‘Lost and Found?’ with or without the question mark, popped into my mind, I think because of the railway scene in your story. Perhaps if you simply included a question mark in your current title it would convey that the abduction is still haunting the family. Also, I really like Jonathan’s idea of using the number seven in the title.
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Thea replied to the topic The disclaimer jar – advice on attitude to one's writing in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 8 months ago
I haven’t either, Sandra! Though in my writing I try to adhere to the RUE rule and thus probably don’t explain enough.
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Barry Walsh posted an update 7 years, 8 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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Squidge replied to the topic Titles in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 8 months ago
I like the ‘Here Ends…’, but what to say is ending.
…the Seven Years of Pain
…the Seven Years of Separation.
Why not something like Seven Years Apart or The seven years of separation. The End Begins Here…? Just playing now!I also wonder if some of the other themes are more relevant to the title? There are an awful lot of themes going…[Read more]
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Thea replied to the topic The disclaimer jar – advice on attitude to one's writing in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 8 months ago
Interesting article, Sandra. I agree that many people have a tendency to downplay their work, to lower the expectation of the reader / viewer, as a sort of safety mechanism. And, as Squidge said, there are those who take this to the extreme and are really fishing for compliments.
You make a good point, Sandra re the story challenges being a good…[Read more]
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Barry Walsh posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
@madiguana Can’t find you on Twitter. Is your Twitter name different? Best wishes, Barry
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Squidge replied to the topic The disclaimer jar – advice on attitude to one's writing in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 8 months ago
Interesting. I think sometimes, ‘It’s not quite there yet’ can sound like an apology, when it’s actually the admittance of a mature (by which I mean you know yourself and your writing) author, who realises that something created in such a short space of time needs more work. I’ve done it myself!
But of course it takes time to build that…[Read more]
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John S Alty replied to the topic For Those in Peril… in the forum Blogs 7 years, 8 months ago
Excellent, Richard.
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John S Alty replied to the topic The disclaimer jar – advice on attitude to one's writing in the forum The Writers' Lifeboat 7 years, 8 months ago
You have to blow your own trumpet, no-one is going to blow it for you.
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John S Alty posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Back from a few days in Mallorca, wonderful, now ready to get down to this month’s competition. Something about a bloke in a greatcoat playing a banjo, lamenting the loss of his spell book, if I remember right.
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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Bit quiet because I’m 55 days into a writing chain. Wouldn’t exactly say it’s going well, but it’s going, a few hundred words at a time. Some of them not too shabby.
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Amanda Berriman (Skylark) replied to the topic Festival Dreams in the forum Blogs 7 years, 8 months ago
It was so lovely to catch up with you @giselle 😊😊 Thank you for cheering me on. Hope the edits are going well xx
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