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An Honest Attempt

If you have not read my last post Me and Mrs. Muller - 32 Days, please do so before reading this post.

http://ceedyreflections.blogspot.com/2007/12/me-and-mrs-muller.html

First of all it is a work of fiction - so nobody died.
I did not try to confuse anyone - just was experimenting with a style of writing.

Explanation of what I was trying to accomplish:

Some time back had seen a movie Memento (Imdb Link).
Here is the WIKIPEDIA Link that explains the concept of the movie - it unfolds in two seperate narratives one moving forward in black and white and one in reverse chronological order in color.
So similarly I attempted to write a story The way we are trained we like to read the book in a sequence or an artical from top to bottom. This post tries to play with that notion.
If interested there is also a philosophical movement "Deconstruction"(Wikipedia Link) based on similar principles.

I specifically used two colors - Black for narrative for Ceedy and red for narrative of Mrs. Muller.

The Story actually starts in the second paragraph - you read all the alternate RED PARAGRAPHS till you reach the end. Then you start reading the second last paragraph in BLACK as you move upwards till you come to the start of the story.

The First paragraph is actually the END of the story and the last paragraph is the MIDDLE of the story.

The disjointed nature of each three lines is because they happen at different times in the over a period of 32 days - where each of them depicts a feeling or an idea that is important and pertinent.

Hope this helps.

34 comments:

Romila said...

Reminds me of Sidney Sheldon and his usage of normal & italics text format to convey different levels of the story.

Novel & crisp storytelling style.

--xh-- said...

yeah, it ghelped alot.. first when i read the post, it struck ad some loosley joined paragraphes, but bound with a tight string.. then i read it and re-read the otehr post... thnx for the explanation post...

Anonymous said...

yes it did!
when I first read it, I kinda didn't understand!! I thougt it was some jumbled form, coz something seemed related :)

this post helps understand a lot better!
nice method .. though i have Never come across this style.. the closest thing i think is the one in Stephen Kings, in which he goes into past and present ( i am reading this "Lisey's Story")

have a good day!

Sneha P said...

oka...i'd understood the poem...
and the fact of the diffferent narratives and the time periods..that was quite clear...
but thanks for explaining..
giving it a name...this is a new interesting piece of information..
cheers!

Lakshmi said...

You have a nice style..thanks for visiting my blog..unfortunately my calvin blog is not active ..backpakker and monologues are

Anonymous said...

Sirjee, your writing has gone to a different level in 2008. Superb, keep it up!!!

Ash said...

Thanks for visiting my blog. Happy new year!!!

KP said...

aaha.....this what it is........

We forgive u for an honest attempt....just kidding..;)

bahu diificult na lakhso...nahi to mane vaachta problem thai jase.....hopefully u can understand what i wrote here....;)

Newyear Resolution su che?

Keshi said...

Happy New Year Ceedy!

Keshi.

Mel Avila Alarilla said...

Hi Ceedy,
I don't know about that kind of style in writing but I will not want to give my readers a headache trying to decipher heads or tails about my post. Well, that's just my opinion, my friend. I don't want to criticize your style. I never have the right to do so. It's just like interpreting a piece of poetry or a sacred verse. One tries to decipher the layers and layers of meanings until he uncovers the esoteric one. The problem is, most bloggers don't have the luxury of time to do some mental calisthenics. They just hop from one blog to another to honor their regular correspondences. These are just my two cents worth of opinion. Let that not bother you as you're free to indulge in your own style of writing. Thanks for the explanation to your previous post. God bless and have the best and most productive time in the US.

ceedy said...

@romila
thanks for the patience - was trying something different and dont know how sucessful but for it was fun :)

ceedy said...

-xh-
thanks man - as i said was experimenting - was akin to loss of memory and instances for some event - occuring randomly but part of a big whole

glad you liked it

ceedy said...

@veens

thanks and glad you liked it - as explained to -xh- above....an experiment to end the year :)

ceedy said...

@vitruvian

innovate something - keeps your mind fresh and you on your toes - let the junta decide - glad you liked it

ceedy said...

@backpacker

thanks for your visit - i like your style to and will visit often

do visit here too - experiments will continue

ceedy said...

@ashu
thanks!!!!

aapne "bad" hone ka than liya hai - humne kuch hatke dikhane ka than liya hai......bas ab bahut ho gaya right!!!!!

ceedy said...

@ash
likewise :)

ceedy said...

@kp
bhai, aato year end ma dimag ma je kachro bharayo hato....ene ek experiment thi bahar kadhiyo....

have sidhu sadhu lakhis nahi to instructions sathe appis :)

thank you dude

ceedy said...

@keshi
likewise and welcome back :)

ceedy said...

@mel

appreciate your honest comment - like i mentioned it was an experiment - i do this a lot with lot of things in my life - only then there is a possibility of a dialogue and interaction and exchange of viewpoints.

that is exactly waht happenend with this and i will keep your comments in mind :).....dont want to scare away the readers do i :)

thanks again and hope you have a wonderful day

Sameera Ansari said...

Whew!Now it really made sense,I thought there had to be some jumbling in there :)

That was really interesting and was a real good read.Keep it up!

KP said...

dood......I saw on ur profile...age has changed...not sure when that happend.....Happy bday.....:)

ceedy said...

@sameera

thank you and glad you liked it

ceedy said...

@kp

you are shmart - are you an investingating officer :)

yes it was yest - 2nd - thanks man :)

KP said...

lol..i got sharp brain...at least i think so...if u ask mppl around me...i am the slowwest one.....:)

Treat kai che?....paako guju chu..

jokes apart...

enjoy brotha...wish you all the best....with future Endeavors....

All the best !!!

Anonymous said...

i was good wen ii wrote the comment n i wish to be a mirror :))

... said...

This thingie impressed me. :)

Cinderella said...

Thankgod...now the whole thing made sense.
And now i can say, nice attempt !

ceedy said...

@kp
gujju to chu wat to do :)....

thanks for the wishes though dude...maybe next time u are in general square - treat ho jaye :)

ceedy said...

@ashu

you are the magician of you life - create your own magic and make yourself wonder....how it happened

ceedy said...

@clouds

thanks but dont get impressed by my weirdness - i will tickle me to be more weird

ceedy said...

@cinderella
now you realize how ppl feel when they see a building that is half broken in the name of design :)

Preethi said...

Can u believe that i got the seq right with ur first Mrs. Muller post? and i knew that it was fwd bckwrd thing with the color association but it still didn't make complete sense to me becos i was stuck with the idea that someone had died. Phew!
What a self-obsessed person i'm! I'm happy with my smartness in deciphering this thing and not so much in urs 4 having penned it!! he heeee

ceedy said...

@preethi

good you understood !!!! phew it also gives me relief that if i ever think of writing a book atleast some will sell :)
i am happy for your smartness too
and I am dumb i know - dont have to rub it in :) hehehe