Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
This is a bloghop.
It is hosted by Kristi.
Kristi (and me and the others) invite all in sight (or sound) of this er… site (lol) to join us and avail yourself of the pleasure reading a rich variety of stories and tales from the gratitudinous side. With styles as varied as the people who write them, you will not leave this virtual place the same person. And, if you are so inclined, write a post that speaks to the people, places and things in your life that engenders a feeling and sense of gratitude, send it in, (instructions below), and you’ll totally be glad you did.
(I happen to know there is a small number of slots available to those who would join in the fun. So, tarry not, I can say, with little fear of contradiction that there is one, and only one, Sunday the 26th available in this or any other year you would care to name.)
So, lets get to this week’s reflections.
1) Phyllis (Out of view, stage right aka in the kitchen)
Breakfast on a Sunday morning.
2) Una
3- 5) JS Bach and technology. I am grateful that he wrote the music he did and, with the current state of technology I can not only listen to it whenever and wherever I might be, I can, (additional thanks to the creative folks who developed a variety of enjoyable visual accompaniments) have my enjoyment of the music enhanced by this approach to its presentation.
6) the Wakefield Doctrine (because it offers a perspective on the world and the people who make it up* that you can’t find anywhere else. and…and! it’s a lot of fun and funny, besides being so damn insightful.)
7) Our serial story, ‘the Hobbomock Chronicles’ continues this weekend with Episode Three. Seeing how you’re reading this, I’d like your opinion. In our last serial story, ‘the Case of the Missing Starr’, I received a couple of comments to the effect that, being a once-a-week story, there were times when it became difficult to remember some characters or perhaps a bit of backstory. Missing Starr did employ a number of flashbacks and references that were not entirely linear, relative to the primary narrative. Our new story has made it clear (hopefully) that not only are we dealing with time-travel, we seem to have at least three narratives and three time periods. The present day Hobbomock (2020), the mid-20th C. Hobbomock (to which our protagonist time travels back to) and the late 1600s to the time of the founding of the town. I’ve started taking a hint from the serial stories I enjoy on ‘TV’ and am experimenting with the ‘…and previously on‘ An interesting challenge, as it seems that this device is not intended to me a mere repeat of the last installment, rather it is a refreshing of story lines, characters and events that are integral to the enjoyment of the current episode. Opinions are invited.
8) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE (If you’re one of those, idly leafing through the pages of the blogosphere, like your father and mother might have spent early Sunday afternoons in winter time, sifting through the newsprint tailings of the Sunday paper, (‘Have you got the Opinion section? Wait, here it is, it’s now part of TV, Movies and Entertainment!’), you’re in luck! We have a little thing we do here at the Wakefield Doctrine, where if you’re thinking you’d like to try a post, but remain unsure if you can measure up, take heart! Send us your Grat Item and I’ll paste right here. Try it!)
9) something, something
10) Secret Rule 1.3. Because how much fun would Life be, were we not permitted to search for, and when found, employ a Book of Secret Rules (aka the Secret Book of Rules)?
* trust me, you don’t want to know how terribly literal we take that last inference**
** “…ok, for the rogers out there, ‘the world and the people who make it up‘ can be taken (at least) two ways: a) the people who populate the globe and, 2) the world, at least as we experience it is a creation of those who are found in it.
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Always lovely thanks! For your writing, I wonder about doing the weekly excerpts via a podcast? I am going to try doing a podcast, just signed up this week, and I just wonder if that would be a good way to tell stories.
I’ve heard the term, and see it around, this podcast. Not sure I understand what it/they are. (One definition I read implied it was an audio presentation (of a story) which would present a challenge as there are so many characters in Hobbomock.) Will watch with interest your efforts along these lines.
I have your music in my background while doing homework. I will see how effective it is.
Big believer in music as a background to study and writing. Different music has, not surprisingly, different effects.
Be sure to let us know how it works out!
I got my homework done!
JS writes some excellent homework music, no?
Nice TToT – it is nice to start a new story.
thanks
Okay, it must be time to get some shut eye. I just read #1 as Phyllis out of view (stage fright AKA in the kitchen) 😂
What a great exercise for the eyes this music video is!
Given the state of my vision at the moment, I think I’ll check out Episode Three tomorrow. That is an interesting challenge you have. I personally prefer chapters that stay within the same time setting. Each new chapter can be set in a different time period if needed. This probably says more about my inability to stay current with the writing modes out there.🤪
lol
love that video, totally enhances the music (for me), to see the ‘nature’ of the notes… i.e. quarter, whole, etc (relative to each other)
Worse (or, even better) than just having a single time period, in theory the past and the present should be linked. And, since the theme should be something about the things people do to other people, I should be ok, once I figure out a plot.
As a serial, it can and should be, a series of little stories enjoyable in and of themselves, which is why I’m trying that ‘previously in our story’ device to help readers keep the story organized.
Will be interesting.
Start remembering the mid-1960s, if you would, that time period is the highest risk, in that it’s recent enough for many readers to remember.
What a good dog Una is!
Bach is one of my favorite composers.
I’m all in favor of the “previously” introductions to the chapters. Although I thought I might wait and read the story all in one sitting, so far I have managed to catch each installment. Enjoying the time travel element!
This is a true statement.
This (the Hobbomock Chronicles) is pushing me to the limit (which, I suspect, is the idea when attempting to do something new and/or better than before)… at least with ‘Missing Starr’ there was a sense of plot (if for no other reason than it was intended as an attempt at writing a noire detective aka pulp novel).
With the Hobbomock, I do have the time-travel trope which is always fun, but the ‘fuller’ story is about how the history of the town can express in the lives of people living hundreds of years later.
All part of the learning thing, I reminded myself again today to not worry about coming up with a plot, just focus on the people (the characters) and they’ll tell the story.
we shall see
Congrats on starting a new story(line). And the automatic play-vid of Una is pretty awesome. I consider myself pretty tech savvy but I’m here thinkin’, wow! Is that a gif!? I think clarks naturally like techie things insofar as that they help them to fulfill the greater goal of “how can this help me to think my thoughts?” As for me, I’m a technophile. But I love it in that it helps me further my cause with regard to my website or to a job that I enjoy… (I’m now off to do some work in my Udemy course on digital marketing. (Oh yeah, and there’s the ever-present thirst for knowledge…)
Thank you… as I mention to Kristi down a couple of comments… this time I’ve really done it! lol I still believe that, for this clark, the best thing to do is push the wagon at the top of the hill and trust my own ability to figure out what to do before something bad happens.
kinda fun indulging my rogerian tertiary aspect, reading up on the history of pre-colonial Rhode Island… not a pretty story. But it has been my way that in order to create a world/story, the closer I can get to seeing what the reality was, I easier I can extrapolate
the gif thing is an accident of my phone… (Android Note 5) if the flash is off and I hold down the shutter button it takes series of shots and then, there is a create gif option. the thing I haven’t figured out is how to put a ‘start’ ‘stop’ on the gif
(there’s something disturbing about the idea that its running constantly, even when someone isn’t reading the post. a dogs got to get tired)
Your doctrine is fun, and your story interesting. Yes, i like the short reminder at the beginning of each episode.