It seems to me now that Fanshawe was always there.

"He is the place where everything begins for me, and without him I would hardly know who I am. We met before we could talk, babies crawling through the grass in diapers, and by the time we were seven we had pricked our fingers with pins and made ourselves blood brothers for life. Whenever I think of my childhood now, I see Fanshawe. He was the one who was with me, the one who shared my thoughts, the one I saw whenever I looked up from myself.

But that was a long time ago. We grew up, went off to different places, drifted apart. None of that is very strange, I think. Our lives carry us along in ways we cannot control, and almost nothing stays with us. It dies when we do, and death is something that happens to us every day."

-New York Trilogy: The Locked Room, by Paul Auster.

I really do not enjoy reading Paul Auster's books. I feel that he is very self centred and just writes about himself. But, this extract that I am studying at the moment in class shows pure beauty. I adore this (rather long) quote and hope that what I have gained from analysing it will change my writing technique for the better.

Caroline

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And now for something completely different.

Yet another long over due update. Sorry :(. School work has become more intense now I'm in my second year, so I have barely even written one line for a script. As always, I do have trillions of ideas floating around my head, but none of paper.

Anyway, my art teacher (Huw? Who?) has told me I could apply for art college is I wanted to. Seeing as I don't even know if I want to go to uni, this seems like a good idea.

Caroline
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Canterbury

Still haven't got my writing organised yet! I've been doing some revision and work for college. I've also been going to the gym (haha) and listening to music. Talking of music, here is a great band called Canterbury and their new song "More Than Know".

I saw these guys live at The Joiners, which was one of the best evenings out that I have had for a long time.

I need to tidy and organise my wardrobe for the new college year as well. Fun.

Caroline

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Gosh!

It has been too long since an update. I've been in Tanzania for the past month with my college and with my mum. That was fantastic! I also got my top-ear pieced, which I adore.
I promise that I have been working on scripts and ideas and such. I WILL put the up once they are all organised. :)
Caroline x

p.s

I forgot to add: While in Tanzania I helped to make the video to advertise the college and the trip to people. Sadly, the teacher who was in charge of filming didn't actually let me hold the camera and didn't listen to many of my ideas. Shame. Maybe I'll put the video up sometime in the future.

Lord of the Flies.

First draft is all finished.
It's 30 pages long, so that would make it about half and hour long.
Obviously I will have to bulk it up and add more detail, so I will update that next time!
I can't pick a section to post, so if you want to read it, leave a comment and I'll get back to you.

Caroline