.... Well, I've finally done it. I've broken my duck and written 1122 words today. 1122 words that are crap no doubt. But it's a start.
The trouble with this writing malarkey now that I am committed as it were, is that all seems incredibly daunting this time round. And I am terribly conscious that I am very lazy and where in the past I have got away with fudging issues and not describing things in detail, I can't anymore.
So now I am angsting about my heroine, who I have just sent to a London night club, and thinking, should I go and visit a dive like I've described - being so old now I don't tend to hang out in these places. Her career choice as a lawyer I know is going to give me a headache, unless I do give her an office life that bears more resemblance to lawyers you see on TV. Best start watching that new programme with all those twenty somethings in then.
I should also go out and buy copies of Heat and OK so I can get the lowdown on how zedlebrities really operate (with thanks to Danuta Kean for that fabulous word) - as the bete noire of my hero is one.
Why oh why do we do it? I thought this book was going to be easier then the last one.
I fear it is going to be more difficult...
Still it was satisfying to meet my characters at last. And I did enjoy giving my zedlebrity a rather dubious claim to fame...
Maybe by next week I might have got up to a couple of thousand words....
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3 comments:
WTG. You have started. You can edit crap you can't edit air as much as we may want to try.
BTW if you need to speak with a live twenty something lawyer email me through romna. My neice fits the bill.
Cheers
liz
Oh Liz, you are a star, and I may well take you up on that. I have a few lawyers to call on, but they're all probably too old. Some young blood would be great!!!
love jx
ps what a great concept - you can edit crap but not air....
I thought my first book was crap, then when I was writing the second, I thought that was worse. On the third, now and it's TERRIBLE!
As far as the novel race goes - only 12505. It's sticking and I'm rewriting. See how far I get today.
Love
Lx
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