Monday, 26 July 2010

Something kinda spooky ...

.... or maybe not spooky, just a rather strange coincidence. Over the weekend I've been having a serious sort out of the real clues and red herrings for The Monochrome Landscape, and I had to find out which single was the UK number one on a particular date that's important to my antagonist (and yes, it's vital to the plot but I'm not giving anything away). Fortunately my brother has a copy of the Guinness Book of Hit Singles - or whatever its correct title is - that covers the year in question, and the number one single for that date is eerily relevant to my antagonist and their motive :/ A similar thing happened when I was writing a short story early in 2008, so to have it happen again is very spooky indeed.
Posted by Tanya at 22:30
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4 comments:

  1. RWG23/08/2010, 18:58

    Stopped by to check out your site. Funny thing, all this time and it wasn't until I came here that I realized the title of your 2YN was The Monochrome Landscape. I like it, fits the story nicely.

    As for the spooky... perhaps it's time for another viewing of "Signs". :)

    Rick,
    aka: Flyinsoup

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  2. Tanya26/08/2010, 21:41

    Thanks for stopping by Rick :)

    I'm wondering if the song business is going to become a strange sort of habit, as it turned into even more of a coincidence for TML (as discussed in the outline towards the end of Act IV). Perhaps I should make a deal with myself not to mention any songs in future stories and novels ... :D

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  3. RWG06/09/2010, 20:42

    My recommendation is to embrace these 'coincidences' as good omens and not make any deals to leave music out of your writing.

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  4. Tanya28/09/2010, 19:30

    You could be on the money there Rick :) Perhaps it should be used as inspiration as well, especially during the 'blah' moments!

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