When I was giving my bedroom a much-needed tidy the other day, I stumbled across a little church diary from 2006 which was a blast from the past! Grandma used to get us one each for Christmas and, among the other diaries we received, you may think it was tricky finding a use for them all.
How wrong you would be!
My sisters and I used the diaries for stories. A writer will know that the characters in a story can get a little bit carried away sometimes. An author needs a diary to keep track of where her characters are at specific times.
It also helps when you're trying to figure out seasons. You don't want to be describing beautiful snowy scenes when, in the last chapter, you were waxing lyrical about the lush fruit of autumn! Yes, I've been known to do that!
A little flick through this 2006 Church Diary and I'm left utterly bewildered. I can't remember this story at all. I must have only been 13 when I started it, and I mostly likely didn't have a clue how I wanted the story to pan out. The names don't help either. I always had an Ivor in my stories - possibly because of my love of Ivor Novello - and the other names are pretty standard. I'm sure I have written 20 different stories with a Robert in them.
So, here is your challenge: Write a story based on what is included in this diary.
Let me know if you come up with a story for these rather ambiguous characters! I'll be intrigued to know what you have in store for them!
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