Competition

Right, the first blog post of 2009 is here! I thought I'd better update this seeing as everyone else is getting blogs left, right and centre...

First draft languished in a drawer for around three weeks. I should've left it there longer really (Stephen King, in his excellent "On Writing", recommends at least six weeks. If only!) but I couldn't hold off any longer. So I picked it up and read the first third.

It wasn't the car crash I was fearing, although it did need a lot of work. So I started second draft, which was more of a polish than anything else. A helpful conversation with my Father-in-law spurred me to change pace and direction slightly. I started third draft from chapter 1 again and I'm now just over halfway through this draft.

I've given myself a deadline of Easter to get this version completed. After that? I send it out to some discerning friends. I'll also buy a copy of the Writer's Handbook and see if I can start submitting it. Exciting times!

Matt