Non-Fiction

I came up with an idea not long ago about writing a piece of non-fiction, like an autobiography. However, it wouldn't have been my life from beginning to end, as I cannot see that interesting anyone. When I studied sociology, we learned about this dualism called structure/agency and it was about how social life works with the constraints of various systems. These systems do not always fit people and because of my disability I do not always fit into the rules of systems. I was thinking about me in terms of the education system and I could write a series of autobiographical flashes. That way the reader would be able to see how the system wouldn't work for disabled students and then I could modify the theory or change it completely in order to make the education system more friendly to the disabled.

Shared idea

I am trying to talk to Dean about this idea because it was origionally his, a story about a group of friends all with distinctly different personalities. We see how these personalities collide in order to create a gripping story. All these people (perhaps about 6 or 8 of them) are not of the norm, but you see how they complement each other.

Saving Judy Garland

Well I've had this idea for a while and I have recently got used to writing things down so I don't forget them, not that I feel endanger of forgetting this. I have a protagonist, who's name is Frankie (her name is very important, so I mustn't change it) and she is a big fan of Judy Garland. She gets a job working for a scientist and while testing his mechinery she travels back to 1969 to help prevent Judy Garland's suicide. I think going to a library was one of my ideas but I need to work out what Frankie and Judy get upto and how their relationship develops. To end this story, Frankie can be sucessful in helping Judy with her drug problem, however, Judy still dies two years later from hepititus.

I am thinking this idea is too big for a short story so I should make it a novel.

Unhappy Birthday

Okay these are just random ideas for stories, which I want to keep until I have time to actually sit down and write them. These would often be drawn from life experiences of mine. I am bogged down with reading for uni right now and so don't get time for much serious writing, but I am nearly done, then it will be assignment writing, but I will get there eventually.

Okay there is a woman who is desperate to get people to go out with her for her birthday and no one is interested in her proposal of going out for a meal. She offered to pay for everyone and so they couldn't use the excuse that they couldn't afford it. One person tried to treat her as though she was really stupid, by saying he had to work at 7 o'clock on a friday night (when the meal was,) when she knew he had a 9-5 job. In the end, this woman ends up celebrating her birthday all by herself and is obviously very lonely. She doesn't cry or complain however, and when she gets all she does is download the photograph she took of herself on that night with her mobile phone and sits down to watch the Eastenders she recorded that night.