Monday, 30 May 2011

Julie - Stream of Consciousness

I’m a bit stuck at the moment.  I have a beginning and an end, but there are a lot of loose threads in the middle which I cant tie up without lots of coincidences.  I know Thomas Hardy got away with it but I don’t know if modern readers are as tolerant.  I think the idea of cherry picking scenes and writing like that interests me, but I need to get the structure sorted out like Gary suggested, with sections and bullet points like Sandra said is also a good idea.  I’m a bit fed up with the main characters name as well.  This is more difficult than I thought, I’m glad I learnt to touch type, its like having a typing test but getting away with p

1 comment:

  1. p what? I guess we'll never know. I wish I could touch type.

    This probably seems trivial but it's another exercise like mindmapping that can be done to free yourself up whenever you get stuck on a particular chracater or plot detail.

    Your wordcount will be entered in the prize draw...

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