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A while ago, I attended a writers' workshop and the lady who hosted it told us all to go away with this bit of advice - to write for just ten minutes a day. I was determined to go ahead with it and I did...for two days. So today I remembered that I'd resolved to do so and I whipped out my journal and wrote for fifteen minutes. I'm typing out pretty much the same thing that I wrote earlier, with some differences. I find I can go a lot more in-depth when I'm typing than when I'm writing by hand. Writing by hand is such a chore! I've struggled with loneliness a lot throughout my twenty-nine years. I struggled with it when I was the only one home with my mum when I was a teen and everybody else had other places to be. I struggled with it after marriage and when we moved into our own house for the first time. I struggled with it after my son was born and I felt torn between pursuing my writing and being a good mum, because my culture seems to indicate that a woman has absolutely no chance of living her own life - or at least, she has no chance of attaining any goals she hasn't already attained - once she has children. I feel it occasionally still, even though I get so little time to myself nowadays that any alone time is simply awesome. I've tried to come to terms with the idea that being alone isn't a bad thing - and a lot of the time, it isn't. My friends don't live nearby so I don't get to see them often, and even when I do, I feel like there isn't much depth to our conversations. I'm surrounded by people who do not think like me, who do not share any of my interests and hobbies. I feel like I've become desensitised to isolation. Loneliness is my preferred way to be. I walked into my college cafeteria at lunch today and it was the usual hubbub of activity. Youngsters walking around, chatting animatedly, shouting across the room, laughing, eating, socialising. I could recall how that clamour wouldn't have bothered me ten-twelve years ago, when I would have been one of the youngsters talking excitedly with her friends. But, as this moment, I just found an out-of-the-way little table and sat down. I watched the crowds for a while, wondering why it was only at moments like these that the sense of isolation became so strong. In the middle of a crowd, I feel most alone. |
| 23:44 sixteen minutes to write a whole novel's summary. This should be easy! Chapter One: Hunter Svolteria, former crown prince of Blugaste, is waiting for death when, instead, he is visited by a little ball of light. The light is actually a pixie, sent at the behest of Blujarmin the Chaos Bringer, who has sensed Hunter's isolation and his thirst for vengeance and decided to help him grant his wish - take back the throne that should rightly have been his. Chapter Two: Hunter meets with a girl called Letti, who is on a quest of her own due to Blujarmin. She is looking for her family, who abandoned her at birth because of the birthmark that runs down the length of her face. They decide to help one another achieve their goals. Chapter Three: Settia Ballia, current World Emperor of the planet of Blugaste and Holder of the Seal of Barkone (the latter is a secret, shh!) is hearing voices. He enters the secluded chamber in which is sealed the Nothingness that once threatened to wipe out the planet. Blujarmin appears before him and laughs, warning that his time is near. Soon, the Nothingness shall have free reign once more... Chapter Four: Hunter and Letti come across an old village, where children play out scenes from old stories told by the elders. One of these scenes features a child playing the role of "the Nothingness" and wiping out everything. The two then go to the elders to ask about this story. Chapter Five: Conflicted over what he should do now that he has an inkling of what Blujarmin wants him for, Hunter decides to meet with his old friend Settia. It proves much harder than he'd thought, now that he is no longer crown prince. Chapter Six: Having finally gotten through to his friend Settia, Hunter describes to him what Blujarmin has asked him to do. Settia asks him to do it, saying that Blujarmin's spirit is awakening and they would only be delaying the inevitable. They set a date and decide they will help the world at that time. Until then, they can only prepare. Chapter Seven: The Nothingness grows stronger. Parts of the world have been assailed by it and huge swathes of nothing are appearing in the planet. Hunter, at Settia's command, tries his best not to give away his newfound allegiance to his old friend. Bluejarmin's whisperings in his ear grows stronger and he finds himself blacking out at odd moments, unable to recall what he did in those times. He is scared. Chapter Eight: The blank patches in Hunter's memory continue to grow. When he comes to, he is fighting palace guards and killing innocents. Ashamed and full of loathing for himself and Blujarmin, he vows to do whatever he can to make sure Settia succeeds in his on-going battle with the Nothingness. Blujarmin has other ideas. Chapter Nine: Before their agreed battle, a possessed Hunter seeks out Settia and enters into a fight. He emerges victorious and comes to just in time to see Settia die, his blood spilling out and, with Blujarmin's manipulation, forms a seal which begins to unlock itself. Blujarmin is free. And that's all for today, folks! I'm a bit over the time :( I did try to write this entry earlier in the day, on my phone, but either the website wasn't functioning as well as usual or my data was having a bad day. I wrote loads. Then I hit refresh because the page kept telling me there was something wrong. I lost everything :'( 00:07 ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** |
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