Posts Tagged ‘Writing Group’
Personal Soundtrack
At Writing Group on Wednesday, we discussed coincidences, the morality of lying and favourite Beatles’ tracks. We will be writing a character sketch for next time, which I am looking forward to doing. It’s meant to describe someone in terms of events and their reactions to those around them, rather than saying “He was tall with dark eyes,” etc.
Tonight, I headed home on the Tube after a mammoth busy week at work. Quite gloriously, the song on my iPod as I stepped onto the train was Kraftwerk’s Trans Europe Express. Hoorah! I love it when it works out like that. It would be great to ascend the escalator at Angel station (the longest escalator in the Tube system) to the sound of the Stone Roses’ I am the Resurrection.
And as I walked home from my Tube station to home, I was treated to the full eight-minute version of Ride’s Leave Them All Behind. An appropriate end to the working week.
The nights are drawing in, the leaves are falling, warming food is calling.
Reading List
On Woman’s Hour today they were speaking about writing about places and conveying that sense of place in your writing. They mentioned Nell Dunn, who I haven’t thought about for ages. She writes so well about London and the occupiers of various areas (Fulham, Battersea). I saw the film of Poor Cow at the Hampstead Everyman cinema years ago.
Also, my new Granta magazine has arrived (No 108, Autumn 2009). It is a special edition all about Chicago. Must remember to mention this to my pal, as her sister lives there. It lies fat, unread and full of potential on my living room table. I must sort out all this autumn/winter reading and viewing as it’s piling up now. Pleasantly piling up, though.
I’m very much enjoying Jen Morrison’s Realia blog. Its rationale is Pay attention – there’s a story everywhere you go, something which chimes very closely with me and this London Lives blog.
Writing Group (26 August)
To Victoria to meet the Writing Group. Tonight we headed into a long debate about the moral questions around torture and from there into freedom of speech. We will consider our set pieces next time.
