Rob Houghton wrote:Thanks Julie! That's interesting, as I never thought of Mystery Moor at all while I was writing it!
It just goes to show what may be lurking in your under-mind Rob.
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!
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!!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
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.
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! In a way, I don't feel I wrote it!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
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.
'Tis loving and giving that makes life worth living.
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! In a way, I don't feel I wrote it!
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 ).
Chrissie
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"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake."
Alfred Hitchcock
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!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
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!
Julian gave an exclamation and nudged George.
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"
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.
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'