Temple Meads, Bristol, 1991 I’m trying to get back into the habit of writing again so I’ve started a short story about someone who works at Temple Meads, he has obsessive characteristics and is stuck in a kind of regular stasis constantly terrified of when all the cogs will fall out of place and he’ll lose his continuity. I need a plot device, something to happen to take him out of his comfort zone but I feel like a train crash is a bit obvious. I was thinking maybe one of the regular commuters he sees everyday throws themselves in front of a train off-camera (as it were) and … well, and what? Any ideas?

Temple Meads, Bristol, 1991

I’m trying to get back into the habit of writing again so I’ve started a short story about someone who works at Temple Meads, he has obsessive characteristics and is stuck in a kind of regular stasis constantly terrified of when all the cogs will fall out of place and he’ll lose his continuity.

I need a plot device, something to happen to take him out of his comfort zone but I feel like a train crash is a bit obvious. I was thinking maybe one of the regular commuters he sees everyday throws themselves in front of a train off-camera (as it were) and … well, and what?

Any ideas?

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  1. ashleysnaddon answered: a co worker gets stabbed in the under pass tunnels and people are now stuck on the platforms at the far side.
  2. dichohecho answered: They find a notebook full of sketches of him in the pocket! Heh.
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