DICE MEMORIES CHALLENGE!
IS LIFE JUST A ROLL OF A DICE?
When Dot in ‘MISSING Past and Present’ threw a dice, she remembered scenes in her life as if they were pages in her own book. Her back story.
AUTHORS ~ Think of a character in your book, or one of your novels that you are proud of.
READERS ~ Think of a character in a novel you really enjoyed recently.
If a throw of a SIX represents the best day or ‘happening’ in your chosen character’s life and a ONE the worst, can you write down memories from ONE TO SIX.
The challenge is to choose moments in their lives which intrigue a reader into wanting to know more, without giving the whole plot away.
I’m going to begin. Just to give you an idea I am going to chose Jamal. ~an important character in my novel but not the protagonist.
A short character description ~ Jamal is a Syrian refugee who has been living in the UK for over two years. He is intelligent, thoughtful and is a hard worker.
ONE ~ Jamal remembers the moment he lost both his parents in the war back home.
TWO ~ His feelings when arriving in England were bewildering. The only person he had to cling to, who gave him any thoughts of normality was his older brother Ahmed.
THREE ~ Working at his friend Brian’s Dad’s business.
FOUR ~ Learning to speak English at Mrs G’s (Dot’s) kitchen table
FIVE ~ Jamal found Dot.
SIX ~ Jamal fell in love.
If you are an AUTHOR and have a blog then post:
- your character’s six memories
- a short description of the character
- the name of your novel
- a book cover.
If you are a READER then send them to me and I’ll post them on my blog.
You can do this through my contact page,
email diana@dianamaryjackson.co.uk or tell me @Riduna on Twitter
or on my Facebook Page
I will re-post the ones I like best….
It would be great to have a Blog Hop of DICE MEMORIES!
Let me know if you’d like to join and I’ll arrange it.
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Little did I know that, as my friend and distinguished author Hamish Brown said on the phone after the event,
It was a wonderful social gathering. A blether was enjoyed and time sped by. I said a few words half way through and sold a good few books, but that wasn’t the main aim of the event. I spoke of the collective creativity of the folks in the area from writers, to Douglas and Lynette Gray who had kindly loaned my their lovely art gallery for the afternoon, to a friend Ulrika who had knitted the beautiful Shetland cardigan I was wearing to mark the occasion. We also had musician’s among us and gardeners too, with many from Kinghorn in Bloom represented, but also my friend Ann who works so hard organising areas of the Foodbank where I volunteer.
Diana Jackson 