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I Am Half Agony, Half Hope

December 27, 2016 By Ellie Morris Leave a Comment

Recently I have been intermittently picking up my long-neglected novel, Roses for Margaret. And still, I am on the chapter that flummoxed me months and months ago – the dreaded hospital chapter. Not only does it bring back memories of my own hospital experience at the age of fourteen – which it is based on, I admit – my memory is hazy at that time, and I find it hard to visualise and put words to my old experience. Whilst some of Margaret’s life follows my own, lots and lots of elements deviate from my experiences, and in this chapter, it isn’t the case, sadly. It was painful and confusing, and still is today.

I thought that writing from my own experience would give the book a little more verisimilitude, or make it ring true to readers that have been through similar illnesses and tests. But instead, it makes things even more difficult! Not because I’m getting emotional about it, but because the more I think about it, the more I get detached from it and forget somehow…

Margaret is a complex kind of character to write, at least for me. Her experiences are similar to my own (bar one, I think), but her personality is completely different, which makes things a challenge. How would she react to situation A, or situation B? How can I make her believable? How on earth do I write her?! What shall her ending be (yes, I’m still stuck on the ending of the novel, would you believe!) ? These are the kinds of thoughts running through my head.

I can only hope – and in half-hope, half-writer-related-agony as my Jane Austen quote above says 😉 – that she will start to materialise in my mind.

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Adventures in Prague, Czech Republic

December 21, 2016 By Ellie Morris Leave a Comment

This November, for my 18th birthday, my parents took me to Prague, Czech Republic as a special treat. I had a brilliant time and collected some beautiful photographs in the city, along with some fond memories, chocolates and postcards. It was the first time that I had been to Czech Republic, which really interested me with the architecture and sense of antiquity in the city. I also got to meet a good friend here, and saw the landmarks like the Astronomical Clock, Charles Bridge, and Prague Castle.

At some point I’d like to try my hand at writing something set in the Czech Republic, as having a friend that lives there has interested me, and my trip was filled with beauty. A lot of research would have to go into this, but I think it would make an interesting contrast to my other novels that are set in places like America and England.

Hopefully I can go again in the summer of 2017! I’m already planning in my head my trip to Rome, so let’s see how my travels and future freedom as a travelling writer can inspire me. 😉

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