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Month: May 2013

Dyslexic tales · Masters tales

Open mics and reading

May 16, 2013May 15, 2013 KateLeave a comment

Well, I did it. I stood up in front of people and read my stories. So far I have done three. The first was an open mic and I read a story about a serial killer. Then a week or later I went to the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea and read 'Oil and Water'… Continue reading Open mics and reading

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Regency – background

May 15, 2013 KateLeave a comment

Why write about regency? Well, I came across a programme on the BBC and it was so good on re-creating how things are that I thought I'd share it. Have a look, but it is on BBC iplayer so at some point the link will stop working. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01sf0q6/Pride_and_Prejudice_Having_a_Ball/ Even if you don't want to write about… Continue reading Regency – background

Masters tales · Short Stories

To publish or not to publish

May 13, 2013May 7, 2013 KateLeave a comment

That is the question! And it really is. I counted up and there are over 35 stories on this blog! True most of them are small, more like flash fiction, but a couple are quite long. I was scrolling through and I realised that you can't find them easily, unless you follow my blog and… Continue reading To publish or not to publish

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Inspiration 3

May 11, 2013May 7, 2013 Kate2 Comments

This weeks short story for the course had to be based on a character who was remembering his/her father-in-law who had suffered from Polio. So I thought: Polio - school... When I had been in school we had a teacher who had suffered from polio as a child. She walked with sticks. This led me… Continue reading Inspiration 3

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Screenwriting 9

May 9, 2013May 7, 2013 KateLeave a comment

The assignment is almost finished and I was just popping the last few bits together when I realised I had a scene I had cut. So I thought I would pop it on the blog just to show what I've been up to. So this is the point when the antagonist, Philip, finds out that… Continue reading Screenwriting 9

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Ghost-writing

May 6, 2013April 30, 2013 KateLeave a comment

One of my favourite movies is Serenity a sci fi western based in the series Firefly. In it there is a line that says: We are but ghosts in this. And this is exactly how I see ghost writing. I was shocked initially that I found work, but once I started I realised that ghost… Continue reading Ghost-writing

Masters tales · Short Stories

Inspiration 2

May 4, 2013April 30, 2013 Kate1 Comment

I was set a sentence that described an old photograph and asked to write a short story with it at the beginning. It was just a description of a tumbled down shack in the middle of nowhere but it got me thinking of this: Which is the dust bowl from the Great Plains that occurred in the 1930s.… Continue reading Inspiration 2

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Independent movies and the ABC of Death…

May 2, 2013April 30, 2013 KateLeave a comment

So over the weekend I got to go and see the anthology of short films called The ABC's of Death. It is a collection of shorts charting the alphabet and using 26 different directors. They were given complete control over their word, which they were given free rein to choose. It was surprising as to… Continue reading Independent movies and the ABC of Death…

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