Notes, Writing Scraps & Fragments of Thought

[alicia_h]

These are from rough notes from the past few days that I'd like to look back at later rather than leaving them forgotten and rotting away on my computer.

darkness swallows up the stars

Simon Tavener. Character name? (a name stolen from a reviewer on amazon - shh, don't tell him, whoever he may be). Perhaps the similarity to Simon Tam is what made the name stand out.

A Dream and dream thoughts
Locked in a room? Why? By my own choice? Granddad's? Wish I could remember details.

Don't I really wish I could remember the strange geography of dreams. Dreams that seem vividly real of walking home the way I've always walked while the streets are familiar yet unfamiliar at the same time. Catching a bus near the of the hill that has also become stone wall sheltered near the Norfolk arms. Had same feeling of lostness/existential self-doubt at home last weekend
in the dark, coming the "wrong way" from the train station but still knowing finding train station after bus station as I knew it ought to be but I was in a state of panic all the same

quite an old dream

something moving in the yellow attic
which attic?
the one before we moved in with Matt?
The house with the hideous carpets
where I fell asleep kneeling at my bed
or afterwards
or was it mum's bedroom with nothing in it

two fragments
a shining red ring from Egypt's frozen tomb
or a fifth-hand housewife's treasure
passed on to help through the hardest times


beneath the eyes of those that watch
my husband's false sepulchre
the ever empty tomb
all three will be doomed to damned death

collected words, collected further
stairs
stares
morning
mourning
rag
automaton

the lighthouse stairs, the lighthouse stares
mourning & morning
rag automaton

Comments

[wytchcroft]

interesting notes... good luck mit der nano - i might have a look at the prompt just to see if it sparks anything for me.

[alicia_h]

I'm not sure if I'll be doing the proper nano task of writing a full novel but for now I'm going to keep my brain ticking with new and old notes and respond to prompts wherever I can find them. Then I'll see where I stand on novel-ing when November comes round.

Your good luck wishes are much appreciated as is knowing that you're always lurking around (in the nicest possible way :-) ) to both share and hear me waffle through ideas.

And you should definitely have a look at the prompts/exercises in the

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I'm not sure if I'll be doing the proper nano task of writing a full novel but for now I'm going to keep my brain ticking with new and old notes and respond to prompts wherever I can find them. Then I'll see where I stand on novel-ing when November comes round.

Your good luck wishes are much appreciated as is knowing that you're always lurking around (in the nicest possible way :-) ) to both share and hear me waffle through ideas.

And you should definitely have a look at the prompts/exercises in the <user=nano-writers> group, which at the moment are all to do with generating ideas in the month leading up to the main nano month. It should be very interesting to see what ideas are sparked off from them.

[wytchcroft]

LOL! i try not to shirk my lurking! :)

[alicia_h]

That's good to know!
PS Sorry, I think I sent my comment a bit wonky trying to point you toward nano_writers.

[wytchcroft]

oh it's fine, i got there eventually :)
trouble is you covered a lot of the things already (i cant stand mirrors for example and i LOVE lighthouses) but i'll wait and it may inspire me as time goes on...

[alicia_h]

Well, I for one would be very interested indeed to read your thoughts on mirrors and lighthouses, so I say put them on your list regardless!

(and with all this talk of lighthouses, I must really find an icon for one at some point!!)

[wytchcroft]

http://alteredvistas.co.uk/assets/images/Sixth11.jpg

http://alteredvistas.co.uk/assets/images/Sixth09.jpg

from http://alteredvistas.co.uk/html/sixth_doctor.html

[wytchcroft]

i remember when that comic came out because it (sort of) hit another passion of mine which is the lost library of Alexandria.

[alicia_h]

Ah, yes, wonderful - thank you! I now have a go to lighthouse and it's made all the better by it's origin. :-)

My library (local, not the one housed within my room or indeed the one my housemate/landlord strapped to the stair railing) has the two collections of those 6th Doctor comics. I took them out before but I hadn't the time at the time to peruse all the stories.

I'm jigging my way home tomorrow for birthday celebrations with the family, so I believe you've just helped me solve the conundrum of what exactly to read on the train. Huzzah!

and the tall lighthouse picture now has it's home with the appropriate poem:
http://alicia-h.dreamwidth.org/22117.html

[wytchcroft]

your birthday??? if so - congrats and i'll have to find something extra to post then...

[wytchcroft]

just remembered - yours is the Lennon birthday... ah. yes. :))

[alicia_h]

Yes, mine is indeed the Lennon birthday! :-D

[wytchcroft]

many happy returns! :)))

[wytchcroft]

oh and i posted something in my journal here... i hope you like. there will be more... :))