Post by Avacyn on Apr 12, 2015 22:18:15 GMT
It all started off by accidentally discovering a film that wend straight to DVD, called "The Coven." Curious about it, because it has the Mackie twins in it, and i wanted to see how they had progressed, I bought it. And was shocked at just how bad it was. A really confused, bewildering affair. In the end, i was left trying to work out how it could have been improved, and thus have started a writing project to answer that question.
My story is set in Highgate School, because it has huge history, and has interesting details like a Masonic Lodge in it. For real life; they are one of a number of public schools that has one. They meet up in St. Bartholomews' Hospital, in the Grand Hall. With things like that in the offing, how could I say now to extra atmosphere and intrigue? It also has a scene in Highgate Cemetery, because it is too good to let up as well; lots of potential in that place.
The idea is about the girls being turned into Wiccans, or witches. Making it more in keeping with the title, as opposed to the Witches Coven, a circle of trees in nearby Queen's Woods. I'll no doubt use that location as well, but the story has evolved in a very different way. It is firmly in the universe I created for The Thorns Of Lovecraft, my 2013 NaNoWriMo novel. So, you have Lovecraftian themes and elements running through it, and I have managed to include a very minor character from it into this one, thus adding to the continuity.
Another returning theme from The Thorns Of Lovecraft is the three mysterious Owls that were plaguing one of the characters. They have appeared in other stories as well, and are clearly up to something, and are more than simply owls. But what are they? And why are they in this particular story? I plan to resolve that to some degree. I'm not going to explain them, not just yet. I want them mysterious, to add to they layers of mystery, and build up atmosphere.
This is what I can think of off the top of my head... Sigarda, you have seen bits of this... what do you make of it?
My story is set in Highgate School, because it has huge history, and has interesting details like a Masonic Lodge in it. For real life; they are one of a number of public schools that has one. They meet up in St. Bartholomews' Hospital, in the Grand Hall. With things like that in the offing, how could I say now to extra atmosphere and intrigue? It also has a scene in Highgate Cemetery, because it is too good to let up as well; lots of potential in that place.
The idea is about the girls being turned into Wiccans, or witches. Making it more in keeping with the title, as opposed to the Witches Coven, a circle of trees in nearby Queen's Woods. I'll no doubt use that location as well, but the story has evolved in a very different way. It is firmly in the universe I created for The Thorns Of Lovecraft, my 2013 NaNoWriMo novel. So, you have Lovecraftian themes and elements running through it, and I have managed to include a very minor character from it into this one, thus adding to the continuity.
Another returning theme from The Thorns Of Lovecraft is the three mysterious Owls that were plaguing one of the characters. They have appeared in other stories as well, and are clearly up to something, and are more than simply owls. But what are they? And why are they in this particular story? I plan to resolve that to some degree. I'm not going to explain them, not just yet. I want them mysterious, to add to they layers of mystery, and build up atmosphere.
This is what I can think of off the top of my head... Sigarda, you have seen bits of this... what do you make of it?
