... prompts
Why hasn't Grace and Lucy's mother got any idea what is going on?
This is an interesting one because so far the mother is quite a shadowy figure to me, although she has appeared in a few scenes.
While she is intensely interested in Grace and Lucy, she doesn't understand them. She has idealised them both, but in different ways. Grace is the ideal 'good' daughter. She is expected to behave well at all times and act with a maturity beyond her years. Lucy is the idealised 'spirited' daughter. Maybe taking the place of the relationship Pam would have had with her son if she had let herself. Lucy is allowed to get away with nearly anything because she isn't naughty - she is 'spirited'.
Describe Marmalade
He doesn't know he only has nine lives. He's got through the first eight pretty quickly by getting stuck in trees, falling from great heights and having arguments with the local dogs. And now his luck has run out.
Marmalade jerks himself upwards away from the splashing water, but as the baying of the boys gets louder and louder the one who's got hold of him exectues a huge arm sweep and throws him right into the middle of the river.
This memory will stay with Lucy for ever and she will always partly blame Grace for not letting her jump into the water to save her kitten. Anger at Grace helps her to distance herself from her own guilt and grief.
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I think you have some really defined thoughts about the mother really. Not shadowy at all. I find I am really interested in her and the concepts about how she percieves her children.
Oh! And poor Marmalade...a kitten who has already exhausted his nine lives! I feel soooo sorry for him! (Oh, is he going to have a narrative - the story from the kitten's pov! That would be great!) (not if he is dead, although you could do a Sebold kind of novel with a dead kitten as narrator)...
Sorry, I've gone off on one!
Well done Helen!
Oh Pacha - I so love the idea of dead kitten as narrator! Shall I go for it?
The mother prompt is really interesting. Have you worked out why she idealizes her daughters?
Gosh, prompts are great. Must go back and do a few myself I think:-)
Poor Marmalade. If only he'd had a tenth life.
lol at Pacha's Sebold suggestion:-)
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I love these prompts, Helen. This is such a good idea for working out the fine detail of your characters.
I might nick it!
Lane - I think it's because she hasn't let herself have a proper relationship with her son. She resents him because she had him very young and 'had to get married'. I need to dig a bit deeper though.
Leigh - yes feel free to nick the idea. I'm finding it really useful!
Glad the DVD arrived safely Helen. Did it only arrive today? (I sent it on Monday!). And did I put enough stamps on it? I couldn't be arsed to walk to the post office so just guessed! Let me know if you had to pay a fine and I'll pay you back!!
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