This is my current project. At 'Innerverse', we have been set the task of writing a 750 word story by the next group meet.
I'm planning to write a story about Tom, a 76 year old man, living with dementia.
I've done some research and drawn a 'spidergram' to help and inspire me.
These are parts of the story I've worked out so far:-
Widower Tom Cuttings, age 76, born 1945:
Husband of his late wife, Brenda 'Bren'.
Father of Mandy Hawthorn (nee Cuttings). born 1975, age 47. Mother of Helen Hawthorn (Tom's grand daughter) born 2005, age 17.
'Home' Greenfield Residential Home.
This is as far as I've got so far. Will continue tomorrow
Richard
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'Tom'
Opening para:-
Mandy knocked on the door, gently, and opened it. Tom was sitting in his wheelchair, near the window, looking out onto the garden. “Dad?” said Mandy, in a quiet voice. The first thing she noticed was a faint smell of stale urine mixed with the strong smell of disinfectant, the sort that used to be used in hospitals. “Dad.” she said, a little louder, “It’s me, Mandy. I’ve come to see you.”
Remainder will be online tomorrow 08/10/22 at www.richardhill.co.uk/tom.pdf
Richard
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