Salut

There are many events looming ahead and therefore along with it, many writing opportunities. We have Halloween, presenting me with the chance to describe in drastic detail the happenings of the night, through a whole lot of nouns and a bunch of cleverly devised pre-modifiers. Then we have bonfire night, oh the writing possibilities are endless...
I suppose I'm a person of little words today; I've wracked my brain countless times and can seem to find nothing remotely interesting to write about. Odd. 
Anyhow, I'll be back, and hopefully with something a little more, well...fascinating. 

Script

I'm currently (very slowly) writing a script. From about the age of twelve I have always had a keen interest in script writing - it might have surfaced from my previous devotion to the Disney Channel (I have since grown out of it), from where a friend and I wrote fun scripts in a similar style, in the hope of filming them. We never did get round to bringing them to life and very unfortunately they were deleted when the old laptop broke down. 
Since then I have started, and failed to finish, a number of scripts all inspired by programmes and films I have seen; works such as Doctor Who, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Pirates of the Caribbean...
Although none were filmed, one of the scripts written by the same friend and I did make it past our printer (the scripts were even highlighted for rehearsal guidelines!). If she is reading this, she may remember the script I am on about when I reveal the main characters were three children and their mad as a hatter grandmother ;)
Anyway, the script I am currently writing may take quite a while due to motivation issues (I need to sort those out!) and juggling my independent writing with my A - Levels.
I intend on keeping the plot strictly private, which, in a way, makes it all the more exciting! :) Bye for now! :)

Where do we draw the line between fiction and reality?

The title to this may seem a little pointless, but I assure you it’s not. As an avid reader of the Harry Potter books, I can safely say it’s extremely easy to be misguided by the worlds of fantasy crammed tightly into a few hundred pages and all the more effortless to allow the mind to slip into false hopes of fiction having a chance at reality. I have spent many hours contemplating life as a Hogwarts student, resulting in my deep interests in castle – structured buildings; Durham and York Cathedral appeal to me greatly as my brain automatically associates them with Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, immediately dragging me to my ‘happy place’. These stone giants are my closest links to the world I so passionately crave.

Still don’t see much point to this? Well, on its own this demonstrates the power creative writing can have upon a person; I’m not saying I’m a hysterical Harry Potter fan – well, I suppose that could be debatable – but fiction reveals our private hopes and dreams, all down to an inspired mind.

J.K. Rowling has a number of naïve children secretly believing they are in for a chance of discovering that one coveted letter that would change everything...(I won’t lie, I was always slightly scared I’d receive one, all down to my homesick gene)...and I can safely inform you, no such post ever littered my porch floor.

Stephanie Meyer has a handful of her fans claiming vampires are indeed among us, after all, how can you say they don’t exist when there is no evidence to back the point? I must admit that however much of a Twilight fan I am currently not, after spending a whole day hungrily devouring the pages of book one many months ago, I did believe that the main man of evil (James) was after me...in my defence I was half asleep and from then on discovered that if you eat, sleep and breathe a book, the plot is bound to hijack your dreams.

To wrap up my first and hopefully partially interesting blog entry, I do hope that within the three paragraphs above, your attention has been somewhat gripped. Enjoy my blog and indulge in my own diverse texts I will soon have posted on here! J