David L. Atkinson's Blog, page 120
May 2, 2014
Writing - A local legend
Not many people in England are familiar with the town of Hartlepool on the north east coast and there is no particular reason why they should be but in fact it is famous for two incidents. During the first world war it was one of three towns on the east coast of England that was shelled by German warships.
The second event was the legend, or is it a true story, about hanging a monkey! In short a French ship was supposedly landing at Hartlepool and the locals had never seen Frenchman before, saw a monkey and hung it thinking it was an invader from foreign lands.That is the colloquial version so let's delve a little deeper.
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During the Napoleonic Wars there was a fear of a French invasion of Britain and much public concern about the possibility of French infiltrators and spies.The fishermen of Hartlepool fearing an invasion kept a close watch on the French vessel as it struggled against the storm but when the vessel was severely battered and sunk they turned their attention to the wreckage washed ashore. Among the wreckage lay one wet and sorrowful looking survivor, the ship’s pet monkey dressed to amuse in a military style uniform.The fishermen apparently questioned the monkey and held a beach-based trial. Unfamiliar with what a Frenchman looked like they came to the conclusion that this monkey was a French spy and should be sentenced to death. The unfortunate creature was to die by hanging, with the mast of a fishing boat (a coble) providing a convenient gallows.
There is even a song as you would expect in those days as it was often a method for telling news. But there is no proof as to whether it is fact or legend, however, there have been consequences much to the chagrin of local people. For many years the term 'monkey hangers' was used as a slur on those who lived or were born in the area. As time has passed it has become more a term of affection being adopted by the local rugby (Monkey hangers) and football team whose mascot is H'Angus the Monkey.
[image error]A powder monkey
A darker side to the story is that children were often used to prime the cannons on board warships and were known as 'powder monkeys' so did the local people hang some poor french child? I doubt that we'll ever know for sure.
God Bless
The second event was the legend, or is it a true story, about hanging a monkey! In short a French ship was supposedly landing at Hartlepool and the locals had never seen Frenchman before, saw a monkey and hung it thinking it was an invader from foreign lands.That is the colloquial version so let's delve a little deeper.
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During the Napoleonic Wars there was a fear of a French invasion of Britain and much public concern about the possibility of French infiltrators and spies.The fishermen of Hartlepool fearing an invasion kept a close watch on the French vessel as it struggled against the storm but when the vessel was severely battered and sunk they turned their attention to the wreckage washed ashore. Among the wreckage lay one wet and sorrowful looking survivor, the ship’s pet monkey dressed to amuse in a military style uniform.The fishermen apparently questioned the monkey and held a beach-based trial. Unfamiliar with what a Frenchman looked like they came to the conclusion that this monkey was a French spy and should be sentenced to death. The unfortunate creature was to die by hanging, with the mast of a fishing boat (a coble) providing a convenient gallows.
There is even a song as you would expect in those days as it was often a method for telling news. But there is no proof as to whether it is fact or legend, however, there have been consequences much to the chagrin of local people. For many years the term 'monkey hangers' was used as a slur on those who lived or were born in the area. As time has passed it has become more a term of affection being adopted by the local rugby (Monkey hangers) and football team whose mascot is H'Angus the Monkey.
[image error]A powder monkey
A darker side to the story is that children were often used to prime the cannons on board warships and were known as 'powder monkeys' so did the local people hang some poor french child? I doubt that we'll ever know for sure.
God Bless
May 1, 2014
Writing - Edward Snowden Rules Ok!
This short is in response to a Readwave question but fits in to my sort of dystopian psyche, if that's a correct term, and shakes the foundations of what we all take for granted.
Edward Snowden Rules Ok!
When Edward Snowden escaped the clutches of the US establishment and defected to the east a storm blew up and, with what seemed to me to be undue haste, he was declared a spy. The decision was swiftly backed up by the British government and those working at GCHQ, the communications centre for the intelligence services. Snowden’s public disclosures, that we’ve been allowed to know about, have not been anti-people but anti-establishment. He has not leaked military, fiscal or political secrets that we know of but rather information about the way the US and UK treat their own citizens.Edward Snowden worked for the CIA, was a contract worker for the NSA and discovered numerous ways in which the authorities collect information about ordinary people. In his own words he wanted,
"to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them."
It is my contention that he is not a spy but persona non grata and that is in the eyes of the USA and the UK intelligence establishments. So what does that mean for the rest of us? Well at the very least I believe that Snowden has released information that has an element of truth. I’m not claiming that we have been given the whole of the situation regarding Edward Snowden because of course it’s all gone quiet. However, we should look at what this means for each individual living in the Western world in what they consider to be a normal life.Are we all constantly being monitored by our governments? Do they collect information about all of our activities? When we walk down the street are the cameras monitoring our movements? Is our DNA collected whether we’ve agreed to it or not? In fact didn’t Snowden try to point us towards these possibilities from a position of knowledge that he’d gained from within the establishment?A case that is running currently in the UK is that of the phone hacking by the newspaper group led by Rupert Murdoch. A number of ex top executives from the press are in court to answer charges on hacking and perverting the course of justice but it is about data collection from ordinary people. The information that case has shared with us can be summed up in the relative ease by which they were able to manipulate and tap into our electronic communications. In fact no one is safe – if ‘safe’ is the correct word.Governments would have us believe that they need to collect the information to keep us safe from attack by terrorists. My own feeling is that is rubbish. What they are doing is trying to catch terrorists by monitoring as many of us as they possibly can. The frightening thing to consider is that there is no hiding place. Even those people who are without computers or mobile phones are not safe. When you walk down the street, take money from your bank account, go to have medical treatment or interact with government on any level, do any of those things and they have you.The worry is not so much that they are collecting but what is being done with the data and by whom! Referring back to the phone hacking case, the defendants involved are supposed to be top people. They are friends of our Prime Minister and other leading responsible members of society and yet they were happy to behave in a criminal way with data concerning ordinary folk. All ordinary folk have no choice but to trust those who represent them or act for them in a variety of ways. The bottom line is we are vulnerable. It is my feeling that Edward Snowden felt this vulnerability and decided he needed to do something about it. How many people working at GCHQ, for NSA and the CIA feel some sympathy towards the man, but of them how many have his courage to raise the matter?
It is interesting that the journalists and newspapers receiving Snowden’s information have been recognised.
In February 2014, for reporting based on Snowden's leaks, journalists Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, Ewen MacAskill and Barton Gellman were honoured as co-recipients of the 2013 George Polk Award which they dedicated to Snowden. The NSA reporting by these journalists earned The Guardian and The Washington Post the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, which Snowden termed “a vindication”.
Case outcome for Edward Snowden – INNOCENT!
God Bless - sleep well!!!!!
April 30, 2014
Poetry Thursday 108 - Now I'm 64
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I had a birthday this week and reached the age of 64 and was reminded of the Beatles hit of 1967 released on their Sgt. Pepper Album. I decided that a humourous re-working was in order and it can be sung to the well known original tune.I must include the disclaimer that in no way is this aimed at or is about a single person unknown or known to me! It's just for fun!!!!!
Now I Got Older
As I’ve got older losing my hair,and that time is now.No one ever sending me a Valentine,birthday greeting, bottle of wine.
When I get up at quarter to threebathroom’s what it’s for.Will you still clean me will you please feed menow I’m sixty four?
You’re all older tooand if you said the wordI forgot you did!!!
I used to be handy mending a fusewhen the lights had gone.Now I knit a sweater by the fireside,carers may take me for a ride.
Doing the garden, digging the weedsmy poor back says no more.Will you still clean me, will you please feed menow I’m sixty four?
Every year I’d like to rent a cottagein the Isle of White if it’s on the flat.I shall scrimp and stressNo grandchildren in my padI can’t stand the mess!
Send me a post card, drop me a lineto prove I’m still alive.Indicate precisely what you mean to sayunderstanding’s ebbing away.
Give me an answer fill in my formsyours for evermoreWill you still clean me, will you please feed menow I’m sixty four?©David L Atkinson April 2014
RIP Bob Hoskins (aged 71)
Bob Hoskins has died
Hot Jessica will miss him
animation ends.
God Bless
April 29, 2014
Writing - Significant snatches of Time
A short blog today as time is pressing (as the monkey said when the clock fell on it).
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We are ruled by time and the frequency with which that occurs seems to be on the increase. When we write time is a factor which we need to take care of to regulate pace and lend verisimilitude to our stories. I often find that stories that drag do so when the time element has been allowed to slip in some way. Similarly when watching a film, if the director has mismanaged the passage of time attention of the watchers may wander.
We humans have a variety of sayings that are time focussed,
'Stitch in time saves nine'
'Time flies (tempus fugit)'
'There's no time like the present'
and so on. I also found this which is a great summation for writers,
[image error]On VG today.
http://venturegalleries.com/serial/he-was-on-his-way-to-look-for-the-assassin/
God Bless
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We are ruled by time and the frequency with which that occurs seems to be on the increase. When we write time is a factor which we need to take care of to regulate pace and lend verisimilitude to our stories. I often find that stories that drag do so when the time element has been allowed to slip in some way. Similarly when watching a film, if the director has mismanaged the passage of time attention of the watchers may wander.
We humans have a variety of sayings that are time focussed,
'Stitch in time saves nine'
'Time flies (tempus fugit)'
'There's no time like the present'
and so on. I also found this which is a great summation for writers,
[image error]On VG today.
http://venturegalleries.com/serial/he-was-on-his-way-to-look-for-the-assassin/
God Bless
April 28, 2014
Tuesday Recipe - Pork, bacon and leek pie
I remember my mother and my wives begging for inspiration with regards to what to cook for their families. When it's writing inspiration seems to flow - well at least to my satisfaction - but creating menus is a different skill.My mother lived at a time when the variety of foods available was limited to fresh mostly and a dearth of herbs and spices, so the opportunity for variety or flashy food was limited. Like most ladies cooking after WWII the easiest way of feeding the family was to get into a routine. So Sunday was a roast dinner, Monday was cold warmed up, Tuesday was the last of the roast meat with chips, veg and gravy, Wednesday a fry up, Thursday hot pot, Friday fish and Saturday pie and peas. All tasty, all cheap and all fresh food freshly cooked. Well I had to think of something that was easy to reheat, because of time constraints, tasty, and came up with the above pie.In some ways it is as basic as they come but by cooking the filling in cider, the pork took in the apple flavour from the alcohol and was delicious and remained moist. The mashed potato was made with creme fraiche, basil and mature cheddar cheese and as a result more rich than bog standard mashed tatties.
The recipe is on the Tab.
On VG today.
http://venturegalleries.com/serial/he-was-on-his-way-to-look-for-the-assassin/God Bless
April 27, 2014
Writing - Revolutionising communications
It's definite I'm getting old! Things like going to see the doctor and being faced with an apparent 15 year old at the other side of the desk; or being pulled up for speeding in the car by an adolescent; and, repeating statements about how there's nothing new under the sun! - All sure signs. In a sense the last statement is a cop out. Saves us oldies having to concern ourselves about change and that is the bottom line. It's all about change. That seems to be the nature of us humans.
[image error]Penny Black
Teacher and social reformer Rowland Hill had the idea of a stamp in the 1830's and it was up and running by May 1st 1840. The idea being to replace the need to pay the postman when he delivered a letter with a piece of paper, with a glutinous wash activated by moistening, that proved the fee had been paid. He had the Royal Mint engraver produce a memorable image and that led to the above 'Penny Black'.The news was broadcast and commented on in the Town with this saucy poem,You must kiss our fair Queen,or her pictures, that's clear.Or the gummy medallionwill never adhere.You will not kiss her hand,you will readily findBut actually kiss little Vicky's behind
The Penny Black was an instant hit. Within a week the presses were working round the clock producing 600,000 stamps a day. Communication changed from that day forward.
Now that change I'm sure would have had detractors just the same as the telephone, computer, mobile phone, tablet and more have had since the stamp. I think that human nature is such that complaining about inevitable change will not diminish. However, when chatting to friends on Saturday night, I was interested to learn of another change that would seem to be girding its loins ready to change our world.
[image error]Edison's Light bulb
We have had light bulbs for a long time but it would seem that they are coming to the end of their lives. They have been improved over the years until the low energy bulbs are more common.
[image error] but even these innovations are no longer the must have alternatives to the old invention. The new God of light are leds
which have been creeping into greater use for some while. Apparently most modern police cars flashing lights are made from groups of these little gems 
which use very little power and are exceedingly powerful. In fact my friends were saying that they use head torches for working in tight spaces when hand held torches are impractical. They have developed to such a level that they are being used as street lights.
So we can be as inventive as we like when we write our ideas may well generate innovation in reality.
God Bless
[image error]Penny Black
Teacher and social reformer Rowland Hill had the idea of a stamp in the 1830's and it was up and running by May 1st 1840. The idea being to replace the need to pay the postman when he delivered a letter with a piece of paper, with a glutinous wash activated by moistening, that proved the fee had been paid. He had the Royal Mint engraver produce a memorable image and that led to the above 'Penny Black'.The news was broadcast and commented on in the Town with this saucy poem,You must kiss our fair Queen,or her pictures, that's clear.Or the gummy medallionwill never adhere.You will not kiss her hand,you will readily findBut actually kiss little Vicky's behind
The Penny Black was an instant hit. Within a week the presses were working round the clock producing 600,000 stamps a day. Communication changed from that day forward.
Now that change I'm sure would have had detractors just the same as the telephone, computer, mobile phone, tablet and more have had since the stamp. I think that human nature is such that complaining about inevitable change will not diminish. However, when chatting to friends on Saturday night, I was interested to learn of another change that would seem to be girding its loins ready to change our world.
[image error]Edison's Light bulb
We have had light bulbs for a long time but it would seem that they are coming to the end of their lives. They have been improved over the years until the low energy bulbs are more common.
[image error] but even these innovations are no longer the must have alternatives to the old invention. The new God of light are leds
which have been creeping into greater use for some while. Apparently most modern police cars flashing lights are made from groups of these little gems which use very little power and are exceedingly powerful. In fact my friends were saying that they use head torches for working in tight spaces when hand held torches are impractical. They have developed to such a level that they are being used as street lights.So we can be as inventive as we like when we write our ideas may well generate innovation in reality.
God Bless
April 26, 2014
10 things we didn't know last week
More glorious snippets from this week's news.
1. Czech deer still avoid the Iron Curtain.
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2. Bath is the personal debt capital of Britain.
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3. Putting broken pottery in plant pots doesn't aid drainage.
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William Hague!
4. William Hague is a hero of former US President Jimmy Carter.
Says more about Carter (1977 - 1981) as Hague was only 16 when Carter was president!
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5. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is accompanied by a multitude of note-taking officials and generals on site visits for "on-the-spot guidance".
See yesterday's blog
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6. Women's behaviour can be unconsciously influenced by their hip size.
Too dangerous a topic for any man to comment on!
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7. The mysterious quacking heard in the Southern Ocean between winter and spring is the underwater chatter of Antarctic minke whales.
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8. In satisfaction terms, going to the library is like getting a pay rise of £1,359 while having a gym membership is like having your pay docked £1,318.
This is me to a tee!
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9. Antarctica was once as warm as modern-day California.
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10. Stone-age hunter-gatherers shunned farming.
And your point is?
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God Bless
1. Czech deer still avoid the Iron Curtain.
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2. Bath is the personal debt capital of Britain.
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3. Putting broken pottery in plant pots doesn't aid drainage.
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William Hague!
4. William Hague is a hero of former US President Jimmy Carter.
Says more about Carter (1977 - 1981) as Hague was only 16 when Carter was president!
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5. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is accompanied by a multitude of note-taking officials and generals on site visits for "on-the-spot guidance".
See yesterday's blog
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6. Women's behaviour can be unconsciously influenced by their hip size. Too dangerous a topic for any man to comment on!
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7. The mysterious quacking heard in the Southern Ocean between winter and spring is the underwater chatter of Antarctic minke whales.
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8. In satisfaction terms, going to the library is like getting a pay rise of £1,359 while having a gym membership is like having your pay docked £1,318.
This is me to a tee!
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9. Antarctica was once as warm as modern-day California.
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10. Stone-age hunter-gatherers shunned farming. And your point is?
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God Bless
April 25, 2014
Writing - Note taking and idea collection
People say that a writer should carry a notebook to record things that may prove useful later - Kim Jong-un ruler of North Korea has this down to a fine art.
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In fact his grandfather began the practice in the 1950's and there was one incident where the then ruler was watching a truck completing some work commented that the bucket seemed too small for the horsepower of the vehicle. He went on to suggest that a larger bucket would be more efficient and subsequently changes were made along those lines. This is called the 'field guidance policy'
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It would be great if a writer had the luxury of a scribe to follow them around and make jottings for their own personal field guidance policy! Personally, if something occurs that is noteworthy, I have to either record it when I get home or try and make a note on my mobile phone. It's interesting that tablet computers are available in N Korea and yet Kim III insists on pen and paper.
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That segues nicely into the reminder of the existence of Corresponding Writers where people connect via pen and paper. Just pop over to the website and see what it's all about.
The idea that people may wish to communicate in the slower 'old-fashioned' format may seem like stepping back in time but in some measure it's logical. We write so that people can spend time reading, and we spend time considering what we are giving our readers. Writing a letter is slower and requires more consideration and sometimes a better quality of communication is the outcome. That is the lesson in itself so if you are curious about 'real' letter writing why not have a look at Bert Carson's website using the link above.
At this point you could be forgiven for believing that I am repeating yesterday's blog I Had A Dream but it is a different topic with a similar outcome. Yesterday I was referring to planning today its about inspiration, ideas and making notes. Once again there are million's of hits on Google if you type in writer's notebook, and once again, numerous writer's trying to earn money by selling the best advice or piece of software on how to write. What I say is write something which comes from inside and let the examples speak for themselves. My thoughts on this are summed up in a saying that is usually applied to members of the teaching profession,
'those who can do - those who can't teach'
I don't subscribe to that statement when applied to teachers as I've known many very able and talented folk in that profession but it is my feeling that some people write a book then have the arrogance to try and tell all other would be writers how it should be done. Share experiences by all means but let your writing do the talking.
God Bless
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In fact his grandfather began the practice in the 1950's and there was one incident where the then ruler was watching a truck completing some work commented that the bucket seemed too small for the horsepower of the vehicle. He went on to suggest that a larger bucket would be more efficient and subsequently changes were made along those lines. This is called the 'field guidance policy'
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It would be great if a writer had the luxury of a scribe to follow them around and make jottings for their own personal field guidance policy! Personally, if something occurs that is noteworthy, I have to either record it when I get home or try and make a note on my mobile phone. It's interesting that tablet computers are available in N Korea and yet Kim III insists on pen and paper.
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That segues nicely into the reminder of the existence of Corresponding Writers where people connect via pen and paper. Just pop over to the website and see what it's all about.
The idea that people may wish to communicate in the slower 'old-fashioned' format may seem like stepping back in time but in some measure it's logical. We write so that people can spend time reading, and we spend time considering what we are giving our readers. Writing a letter is slower and requires more consideration and sometimes a better quality of communication is the outcome. That is the lesson in itself so if you are curious about 'real' letter writing why not have a look at Bert Carson's website using the link above.
At this point you could be forgiven for believing that I am repeating yesterday's blog I Had A Dream but it is a different topic with a similar outcome. Yesterday I was referring to planning today its about inspiration, ideas and making notes. Once again there are million's of hits on Google if you type in writer's notebook, and once again, numerous writer's trying to earn money by selling the best advice or piece of software on how to write. What I say is write something which comes from inside and let the examples speak for themselves. My thoughts on this are summed up in a saying that is usually applied to members of the teaching profession,
'those who can do - those who can't teach'
I don't subscribe to that statement when applied to teachers as I've known many very able and talented folk in that profession but it is my feeling that some people write a book then have the arrogance to try and tell all other would be writers how it should be done. Share experiences by all means but let your writing do the talking.
God Bless
April 24, 2014
Writing - I had a dream
I had a dream!! No I'm not about to quote Martin Luther King I really did have a dream and it wasn't concerning human equality but the end of my current Steele novel 'Most Wanted Artefact'. Now I've often discussed the anti-/pro- planning issue and I come down on the side of the Ian Rankins of this world, I sit down and write.
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So the end of my 6th Steele novel is approaching, I'm on the last five or six thousand words of the story and thinking about the details of the ending and yesterday I wrote a couple of thousand words in line with the idea in my head. Then I had a dream! The dream was about the ending and is different from what I'd thought, in fact I think that it's better. So now I'm on the horns of a dilemma. Do I write it as I thought or as I dreamt? Of course I could do both and see how it feels but that could be a waste of time.
See how exciting writing without a plan can be!!!!
Charles Dickens biography by Claire Tomalin is very unspecific about the great man's writing habits in the area of planning but there must have been some forethought in his early days when he was writing his books as serials for publication in magazines. On the other hand he had such a hectic life style it would be difficult to add in planning on top of everything else.
If you punch 'how to plan writing a novel' you receive 104 million hits! There is a 'snowflake plan' umpteen versions of '10 steps to ....', '25 ways to plot a story', '5 ways to plot a story' and so on. There are a number of writers who have produced software which purports to teach you how to write a novel and what they are trying to do is sell their software! No surprises there but the bottom line is if you think you may need to plan then there are lots from which to choose. I would suggest you start writing and see what happens.
What you need is an idea!
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God Bless
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So the end of my 6th Steele novel is approaching, I'm on the last five or six thousand words of the story and thinking about the details of the ending and yesterday I wrote a couple of thousand words in line with the idea in my head. Then I had a dream! The dream was about the ending and is different from what I'd thought, in fact I think that it's better. So now I'm on the horns of a dilemma. Do I write it as I thought or as I dreamt? Of course I could do both and see how it feels but that could be a waste of time.
See how exciting writing without a plan can be!!!!
Charles Dickens biography by Claire Tomalin is very unspecific about the great man's writing habits in the area of planning but there must have been some forethought in his early days when he was writing his books as serials for publication in magazines. On the other hand he had such a hectic life style it would be difficult to add in planning on top of everything else.
If you punch 'how to plan writing a novel' you receive 104 million hits! There is a 'snowflake plan' umpteen versions of '10 steps to ....', '25 ways to plot a story', '5 ways to plot a story' and so on. There are a number of writers who have produced software which purports to teach you how to write a novel and what they are trying to do is sell their software! No surprises there but the bottom line is if you think you may need to plan then there are lots from which to choose. I would suggest you start writing and see what happens.
What you need is an idea!
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God Bless
April 23, 2014
Poetry Thursday 107 - The purpose of poetry
Poetry has a purpose.
It came to me in the middle of the night but what to do with that information? People have written poetry since time began or at least that is what I believe. Some has been set to music and that also still goes on but to me the basic idea is that it is part of human nature to express oneself poetically. It may be that many styles of poetry provide a soothing rhythm which calm and reassure the writer and subsequently the reader.I then wonder why readers shy away from reading poetry or writing in that genre. It seems to be looked upon in the way men have shown reluctance to express emotion, but it isn't just men.Please read on.
The Purpose of Poetry
The purpose of poetryis to provide a writerwith emotional sanityand a life that is lighter.
It provides a way of understandingthe human interactionsdaily encountered, and demandingthe balance of different factions.
The benefits include a sunnier viewof a life that can be mundanea vision of things in light anewand more enjoyable to the brain.
Advise that all who feel locked into a life unhappy and solitaryshould take to writing anythingbut will benefit most from poetry.©David L Atkinson April 2014
Another use of poetry was typically employed by court jesters was commenting on news (see below).
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Moyes Sacking
David Moyes has gone
Winter's team did not perform
Money beats results©David L Atkinson April 2014
So what will you write?
God Bless
It came to me in the middle of the night but what to do with that information? People have written poetry since time began or at least that is what I believe. Some has been set to music and that also still goes on but to me the basic idea is that it is part of human nature to express oneself poetically. It may be that many styles of poetry provide a soothing rhythm which calm and reassure the writer and subsequently the reader.I then wonder why readers shy away from reading poetry or writing in that genre. It seems to be looked upon in the way men have shown reluctance to express emotion, but it isn't just men.Please read on.
The Purpose of Poetry
The purpose of poetryis to provide a writerwith emotional sanityand a life that is lighter.
It provides a way of understandingthe human interactionsdaily encountered, and demandingthe balance of different factions.
The benefits include a sunnier viewof a life that can be mundanea vision of things in light anewand more enjoyable to the brain.
Advise that all who feel locked into a life unhappy and solitaryshould take to writing anythingbut will benefit most from poetry.©David L Atkinson April 2014
Another use of poetry was typically employed by court jesters was commenting on news (see below).
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Moyes Sacking
David Moyes has gone
Winter's team did not perform
Money beats results©David L Atkinson April 2014
So what will you write?
God Bless
