RE: RE: We-Write #10: The Manor House
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RE: We-Write #10: The Manor House

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Thank you kindly!

Yes, it isn't easy, especially with this particular prompt. It didn't have any kind of easy hook as in the previous prompts. The only thing it had was that one of the sisters was more flamboyant and the other one more reserved. Such a prompt is asking for several possible developments. The spooky one. Somebody is following the girls because they know some sort of key piece of information. But that line falls apart after close consideration for why did "the evil beings" needed to approach them particularly in the museum?

The other obvious line is that the girls are related to some of the historic owners of the manor. And in the museum, they find some sort of evidence and blah, blah, blah... However, this type of narrative requires substantial research to sound authentic. For example, there is a video on Youtube that traces English royal families. It asserts that since Windsors usurped the throne sometimes in (I think 18 century or so) the true royal hair lives in Australia, has his own farm and is entirely democratic in his political persuasions. The bottom line is that one can fake this and write something approximate. But I don't like hacks. )))

So I decided to write a purely character-driven story. That is - one sister being shallow flamboyant kind and another one reserved, ethical-sensory type and a bookworm, and see where it will take me.

And...lol.. it didn't take me far. This story doesn't have a real full-fledged plot. O'well. Can't get them all. )))