![]() Joan consented, and chapter 18 was removed. Might the story benefit from a little more ambiguity?’” She suggested deleting the final chapter. Editor Sandra Forbes wrote back to Lindsay: “I really enjoyed reading this, it seems to have the right blend of ‘truth” and fiction. ![]() Lindsay immediately set her dream to paper, and two weeks later, her novel ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ was complete. Four schoolgirls leave the grounds to explore the area, but only two return. She had visions and vivid dreams – one of which revealed itself over a series of consecutive nights: on Valentine’s Day, the pupils of an exclusive female boarding school go on a summer picnic in the Australian bush. ![]() She couldn’t wear a watch, because they stopped around her. ![]() Strange coincidences were a prominent feature of Joan Lindsay’s life. ![]()
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