A new post

Over the summer I finally managed to complete my first draft of my novel - I have the story down and have learnt a lot about my own process.

My tendency was to get the plot down and then work almost in waves - So returning to sections and adding in details and reworking -

I've still some concerns about plot elements that still don't sit comfortably and characters that are too vaguely drawn - So back to the beginning and weave some more layers in!

Glamorous unapproachability

I've been conducting reserach into Mills and Boon - for my novel - (one character is a romantic novelist) - and came across the theory of glamorous unapproachability - which is the idea of male characters who are attractive but there is some impediment that stops the heroine getting close to them - they are not confined to Mills and Boon by any means - Darcy and Mr Rochester both spring to mind.

Station Stories

Went to see Station Stories - short plays in Picadilly station, Manchester - audience walks around in a group wearing headphones - characters come into view - but from a distance sometimes above or below or on an opposite platform -
Atmospheric - was a bit like spying on people - really liked one piece about a girl and a photo booth - at tiume you could just see her feet below the curtain and hear her voice (they were all essentially monologues)- There was only one piece - about a security guy that made you look around - and at other people in the station- which was good - the only piece that prompted curiosity about other passengers.

A couple were really just like radio pieces - you did not have to be in station for - would have liked interaction between characters - and more interaction with station or anything in it - or anyone in it - to have made it more location / time specific.

I've set up a weavr called Sylvia - she trawls round the internet and finds things she is interested in according to the parameters I have given her - she is 26 works in publishing lives in chelsea and interested in romance, cakes, woodland - and she tweets about what she finds - at http://twitter.com/#!/Pink_sylvia -

or you can see her at:http://sylvia.weavrs.info/

Having a good afternoon - also been playing these - http://murmurco.com/
and http://blabla.nfb.ca/#/blabla/en