Today is the last day of my ‘holidays’ — the month I took off work in order to finish my novel. Didn’t quite make it to the very end, but I did get a helluva lot done. Took the m/s from 80k to 120k. There’s another 10k or so to go and I really can’t guess at how much wordage is going to get stripped back out again in the second draft.Today I am working on the synopsis. Trying to capture the essence of it all in a single page. Personally I think writing the synopsis is way harder than writing the actual book bit.Some things I learnt while writing ‘full-time’:1. It is much easier to work on a novel-length project full-time than it is to try and grapple with it whilst simultaneously working a day job.2. Novel writing is more difficult than the work I do in my day…
the novel
Beavering away on the novel today and it all just seems like an enormous pile of doo doo. Yes, I know the doo doo stage is a certified part of the novel writing process, only its shitting me big time. Think I’ll go watch some bad TV on the treadmill. Relic Hunter is my current favourite tready companion. Its a very silly show, but does contain a bit of kickboxing action