A bird in the boughs sang “June!”

03 Thursday Jun 2021

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#StoryADayMay, Alice in Wonderland, Clinton Scollard, directing, revision, theatre life

…And “June” hummed a bee
In a Bacchic glee
As he tumbled over and over
Drunk with the honey-dew.

And that was Clinton Scollard. That said… Continue reading →

#StoryADay, Week 4: experimenting

27 Thursday May 2021

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#StoryADayMay, cinquain, fixed forms, Flash Fiction, roundel, sensory detail

And I’m glad to report that, after the one skip last week, I’ve gone back to being a good little storyadayer. So now I have twenty-five little stories (well past my original minimum goal, and counting), and the end of the challenge is near. Not a bad thing altogether, I suppose – considering my insane rehearsals calendar, and the small fact that Dreaming Alice is debuting in less than 3 weeks – but I think I’ll rather miss the daily story-making… Continue reading →

#StoryADay, week 3: straying and skipping

20 Thursday May 2021

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#StoryADayMay, curfew, Flash Fiction, skipping

Well, in truth I skipped just once so far. Last night. I came home late-ish after my longest rehearsals in ages… Hereabouts, they just moved the curfew from 10 to 11 pm, you see. This was yesterday, and my group was the first to take advantage of the new deadline. We celebrated by diving in madly and at length – so much so that I ended up driving home in an even greater hurry than usual, and cut it rather close. It was a small miracle that my car didn’t change back into a pumpkin before I was inside my own gate! Continue reading →

#StoryADay, week 2: small surprises

13 Thursday May 2021

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#StoryADayMay, comfort zone, Flash Fiction, writing surprises

Day 12 – and all goes well.

In between teaching my writing course, rehearsing Alice, two editing jobs, and a dozen other things of a more practical nature, I’m happy to say that I’ve managed my twelfth story in a row, last night… Continue reading →

#StoryADay, week 1: maps, rabbits, and Napoleons

06 Thursday May 2021

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#StoryADayMay, digital maps, Gerogian London, John Rocque, Napoleon, rabbit holes, Richard Horwood

Well, not quite a full week, if you like, as today is just the sixth day… But I have to say: so far, so good. Last night, quite late (after the loveliest Alice rehearsal) I completed the draft of my fifth story, and took a few notes for things to come… Continue reading →

#StoryADay 2021

29 Thursday Apr 2021

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#StoryADayMay, Flash Fiction, Julie Duffy, writing, writing challenge

Yes, yes – I’m doing it again. Because I liked the jolt it gave me last year, and because otherwise, considering the writing course I’m teaching, and the looming Summer Season, and a couple of largish jobs I’ve taken, I might be tempted to push my writing aside for now… Continue reading →

Not Quite a Story a Day

21 Thursday May 2020

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#StoryADayMay, loss of momentum

So… how is it going? #StoryADayMay, I mean…

I must say that…well. I suppose you could say that technically speaking, having completed my fifteenth story last night, I’m still on my chosen course of at least three stories a week.

And that’s good.

But… but. Continue reading →

Story A Day – the first (not quite) week

07 Thursday May 2020

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#StoryADayMay, Flash Fiction, writing

Because six days are not a week, you know – and yesterday was Day 6, and I haven’t got yet to story-time today. Still, six days, six first drafts. So far so good – all the more because I’m not entirely unsatisfied with what I’ve written.