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Daisy wrote:
Rob Houghton wrote:Thanks Julie! That's interesting, as I never thought of Mystery Moor at all while I was writing it! :-D
It just goes to show what may be lurking in your under-mind Rob. :wink:

I can't say it shouts any particular other Five book at me - until someone else mentions something - but I can say I am enjoying it very much.

That typo error in the chapter title has occurred before I think, in another serial, and I'm not sure Keith managed to correct it.
Thank you Daisy. I dread to think what might be lurking in my under-mimd! :lol:

The error in the title must have happened during formatting for the website. Its showing formatting for a dash, I think. I hope it isn't something that regularly happens, as quite a few of my chapter headings have dashes!! ;-)
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It is not a typo, but a coding error and if Keith corrects it, it should also correct others, but there actually only is one other chapter title with a dash in it, Rob.
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Thanks Tony...for some reason i was imagining a few more dashes than that! :lol: :-D
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Rob Houghton wrote:...I dread to think what might be lurking in my under-mind! :lol:
Only the greatest ideas, Rob, I'm sure of it :)!
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I'm glad you're sure, Chrissie! :D :D

Seriously...this is going to sound mad, and I hope not too big-headed, but I wrote this serial so quickly and it flowed so easily that it felt like Enid was writing it, lol! :lol: In a way, I don't feel I wrote it! :lol: :shock:
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That's interesting Rob. You obviously tuned into Enid's spirit! Seriously though, when you've read so many of her books so many times it may not be that surprising that something of her style comes through into your own, especially when writing about her characters.
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I guess that is true, Daisy. :-D I enjoyed writing it and have a few ideas bubbling away for others in the future - and I know that Julie has too! :D

I have ideas, but never write a plan, because I hate being tied down by scenarios and plans while I'm writing.
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Rob Houghton wrote: Seriously...this is going to sound mad, and I hope not too big-headed, but I wrote this serial so quickly and it flowed so easily that it felt like Enid was writing it, lol! :lol: In a way, I don't feel I wrote it! :lol: :shock:
Rob, neither does it sound mad nor does it sound big-headed to me, because I can perfectly relate to it.
I wrote a novel in 1996 and had the feeling that it basically "wrote by itself". All I had to do was listening to my characters (inside my head) and I knew how to continue writing. Never had writer's block in those 2 months of writing (but I also never had a new inspiration for another novel :cry: ).
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I've written many novels over the years (all unpublished!) plus 'Mystery of the Disappearing Tramp' which is on this website, but I can safely say 'Five Go Off On A Narrowboat' pretty much wrote itself, while I had to work quite hard at the others. It's a great feeling when a book writes itself! :-)
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Rob Houghton wrote: I have ideas, but never write a plan, because I hate being tied down by scenarios and plans while I'm writing.
I never plan either, Rob. I just write. I don't even know how the book will progress sometimes and I don't know how it will end, I just write and somehow it all falls into place! Really weird! :lol: :lol:

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That happens for me too! I do have a very very rough outline (in my mind, not written down) but it often turns out different. For me, that's the fun of writing, and when I've tried to stick to a detailed plan a couple of times in the past, it never came out as fresh as I'd have liked. :-D
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Professor Keith has fixed the problem for you Rob, apparently the coding was confused by the title all being in capital letters!
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Thank you Tony (and Professor Keith!) :-D
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Nice twist in the plot, Rob!
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:-D Thank you! :-D

Glad you're enjoying it, Nick! :-D It's always good to know someone is reading it! Hopefully a few more twists and turns to come! 8)
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