Writing Journal- 1/12/13

This week I have been writing my ‘Autumn Ghost Story’, and also another piece.

For my ghost story, I wanted to have a character that was a ghost, but could only be seen by the other main character, who didn’t know that they were a ghost. I came up with the idea of having them as brother and sister; Thomas and Juliette. I found it quite hard because I needed to think of an idea that meant that other people wouldn’t have to interact with Thomas on a regular basis in front of Juliette. For example, if Thomas lived at home then it would be difficult to make the story work because she would notice if Thomas never interacted with their parents. In solution to this, I decided that Thomas could be in the military, and that he only came back to visit Juliette for one day each year, as he didn’t get on with their parents. I don’t think that my story really has the creepy feel of a ghost story to it, but it is still a story about a ghost, so I hope that still counts.  I also hope that it is clear, at the end of the story, about the fact that Thomas is a ghost. This was a worry of mine, because I didn’t want to spell out the he was a ghost, but had to try and write it so that it wasn’t so vague that the reader couldn’t understand.

The other piece that I have been writing started off as just a random, small paragraph because I was bored. I wanted to continue it, but didn’t know how to continue the story and so I wrote another paragraph, the same story but from the other characters point of you. I was pleased with the way that it turned out, so I decided to write one more paragraph, from an onlooker’s point of you. I like the way it turned out, and I will be putting it on my blog too so that I can hopefully get some feedback on it.

My quote of the week:

“I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.”- Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins.

After seeing Catching Fire at the cinema (twice!), I decided to re-read the series. I have read The Hunger Games series many times; I love it, but seeing the film adaption of the second book really made me wanted to read them again. When I came across this part in the book, it reminded me of Thomas in my ghost story, and how that is what he wanted. He needed the closure of seeing Juliette one more time before he could pass on. He would do anything to freeze that moment and live in it forever, but he knows that he has to move on.