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They have a Starbucks in the refectory, literally seven minutes from my house. This is maybe the best thing that's ever happened to me.

Once again, it's been ever so long since my last journal update. Just after I wrote my previous entry I got back into the deviant art swing of things, and I managed to stick with it for most of the summer, but then the new term started at Uni and the business of it all defeated me. I have to savour second year, I think it's going to be the peak of my whole existence - house sharing turns out to be awesome, the modules are so much better (20th Century literature, I mean, how about calling it, "A list of Frankie's favourite books and poems and essays."

In terms of writing, my creative writing group this year is infinitely superior. The other people in it aren't whiny or annoying at all, and quite a few of them are actually talented, the tutor is nice, the stuff we're doing feels important and new. I love the fact that I've never really encountered the whole, writing for the stage and screen malarky before and now I have this ten minute play to show for the term.

Basically, because I loved the characters in Softly, Softly so much, and I wanted to do something really tangible with them, I used the basic story for my final piece (which is to be workshopped this time next week - I'm nervous!). I've simplified it a lot, a ten minute time frame and a 2,500 word limit is not an easy thing to deal with, but I hope I've pulled it off. It's retitled Beast now.

Aside from a few disjointed jottings I haven't really written anything else lately, I should have I know, I feel in a poetic mood at the moment (incidentally, from January my creative writing module is, "The Poem") so maybe something will come of that.

In the meantime, I'd still love an opinion on my final short story from last term, This Rabbit Died Running and the majorly, oddly, out of context Autumn - I just want to know how the third person narrative (which I never EVER use) is looking, if it's working, whether I'm doing okay with dialogue etc, etc.

<sub>This Rabbit Died Running

Beast

Autumn</sub>

I know it's shameless but if you give me a helpful or constructive in any way comment I will definitely check out your gallery and do the same, because those are my favourite kind of comments.

I never got around to featuring people in my last journal, but I'd really love to now. Any suggestions or recommendations for prose pieces, or inspiring artwork would be really helpful. Even if it's your own piece and you want to big yourself up, I totally get that. In the meantime I hope everyone is good and happy and excited for Christmas. I'm getting everyone books this year, is that weird? I love getting books for Christmases/ birthdays/ bank holidays/ Wednesdays.