I overlooked this
(Written Sunday28th October 2012; 11:07)
I only have till 11:30. I’m not going to dwell on the
problems, I’m just going to write. I’ve going to try and be positive, no
ranting or raving, just writing.
I started having more thoughts about “The funeral”, and how
it could be built into a story. It seems to me it is a beginning, probably of
the book and possibly a prologue before the main plot takes over. It could also
have an epilogue as well which would be digging it up again. I think the theme
is going to be “manipulation”. Somebody or something is making things happen;
not controlling them, that is not what they want to do, but guiding them. Make
this an alternative history or fantasy where someone is guiding things in the
direction they want. They don’t always succeed, but they have enormous power
which, for some unspecified reason, they are reluctant, unwilling or unable to
use. The text can be an opportunity to speculate about the nature of gods and free-will.
Some of the chapters could be shaped around ritual.
There is no need to make it obvious, I’m not trying to reproduce the ritual,
simply use it as a source. I can note
down the bits I can use as an aid-memoire elsewhere.
That’s better. My mind is flowing a little more freely now.
I don’t feel as “stuck” as I did earlier this morning. Time to get off to the
cooking though. I would like to get that started and then I can come back here.
(Breaking off: 11:20, Resumed:... )
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