October project post 10 – Not much output…

First, I have to say that as I’m not the fittest person you could meet, my charity workout was extremely tiring.  I was pleased I got all the way through it but it was a little terrifying to know that, as a result of taking part, I was invited to a boot camp…

That may be one step too far for me!

So instead of heading home to write, I headed home to eat bad food and fall asleep – writing-wise, my output has been very low.

However, I have done some research for The Story of One and have a new and exciting idea to somehow weld in, based on some of the historical realities of the period.  If I do decide to go this route it will change the story as it’s already written, so what I think I might do is keep going and then when I go through it at the revisions stage make a choice: as I was writing with no plan and no research, the historical accuracy is a bit (read: terribly) ropey in some places anyway!

I also took impressions away from today’s exertions that I’d like to use some more.  There was a great atmosphere, and it was a lot of fun, and I can imagine it would make a good scene in a more light-hearted story.  So I am making a note of the things that would show the atmosphere to a reader – like 100 people singing off-key to ‘Moves like Jagger’, or dodging the uncoordinated so as to avoid injury!

I have a list of future story outlines – write them down or forget them! – and there’s one I think this scene would suit.  So there you go: charity funds, a scene for a book, and some historical fact-finding.  Not a bad day, really!

Happy writing,

EJ

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