Inspirations for my writing

One of the subplots is inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and several characters have names based on names from this play.

The main plot resembles, in character, a Thomas Hardy novel in terms of plot development, but not backdrop: Hardy emphasised the flora, the fauna, and sometimes the night sky in his novels, while I emphasise the weather.

For the nucleus of the story, around which I wrote the plot and various characters, I took as an inspiration a six word story that Ernest Hemingway supposedly wrote: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” I also composed other stories of the same length, and for the basic framework of the plot, I strung them together. I actually consider that story, supposedly by Hemingway, to be the kernel around which the novel developed.

Links

Shakespeare's Macbeth

Works by Thomas Hardy (on Wikisource)

Article on Ernest Hemingway and his apocryphal story, with numerous others.

Plan of the novel and serialisation schedule

Hello.

During the summer, I wrote a novel, entitled Fickle Fortune, and you can read it here; I shall start serialising it on September 13. Each post will range in length from just under 1000 words to 1500 words. The novel is approximately 100,000 words long, which means that at a rate of 1000-1500 words every day, the complete novel will be online in early December.

The novel is almost entirely a product of my imagination; however, some characters are based on real people.

I was inspired by the works of Thomas Hardy in the composition of this novel; Shakespeare was also a major influenceand the discipline of economics, though in terms of inspiration, I might include everything I have ever read, but listing that would be exhaustive.

Enjoy!