A very, very late update on my dissertation process.
Over the past month I have been stressed and stuck for ideas and cannot seem to write anything down that I actually like.
Since I last updated I have read another book called "The Ocean At The End Of The Lane" by Neil Gaiman. I'm really not sure whether I liked this book or not. It was odd and I didn't really get the whole thing. I read it very quickly, I think because I wanted to get it over with.
However a few things did stick out to me. One of the characters - the stereotypical evil one was manipulative and I liked this. It added something to the story. I also liked how Gaiman used the evil character as a metaphor for the weather and feelings/emotion.
The next book I moved onto was Alice Hoffman's "Practical Magic". I have yet to finish this but so far I really like it. It is different from the average witch story. Last night I watched the film adaptation with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in and really enjoyed it. It had the element of love, sadness, heartbreak and everything most people go through. It was real yet had that strong element of magic throughout.
I particularly noted down the main plot at the beginning with all the girls in the family being cursed and how everyone fears the family. I also liked the symbol of the beetle, whenever it made a sound you knew a man close to the family was going to die. It was very clever and I will definitely be thinking about this when I write some more.
I also watched "Shawshank Redemption" as I initially wanted to write something to do with a prison and this did help a lot (I wrote 3 pages of notes). Yet still when I write nothing seems to be coming together.
Praying that over this next week I have something good to show and it all starts coming together!
Sian.X
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