Birth of the Author (How to finish a novel after forty years after numerous attempts Part 5)

 

(Moon Knight @ Marvel)

It was never intended to stop talking about my author series like I have done here over the past few months but in more than a few ways it is what has happened here over the past few years and certainly pre changing the way I write (I am now writing a lot of stuff fresh on my tablet instead of struggling handwriting) with the way I write this book and indeed series. 

I remember the way I used to write when when I first tried this story remember clearly writing the second draft and rewrite segments constantly on the bus on the way back from Bolton University back home. 

It was a nightmare honestly trying to focus on stuff everything I ever wrote on those those days let alone produce 25 thousand words all hand written mostly on 9 months on a sometimes noisy bus.

My wife Amanda a few of you know if you ever have seen het at a writing workshop would see how freely she writes on her mobile. I've tried it I will admit but I'm not comfortable whether it is down to the size of the screen or my large fingers or crap eyesight I'll let you decide for yourself but I couldn't manage in particular when trying to edit large segments of a novel. 

I've being using my tablet for the better part of a month and a half now and have yet to drag across my author series over to it but am looking forward to it when I get chance as I have being enjoying writing every morning going to work at 6.30am where I have a lot quicker typing all kinds of new bits and pieces (nothing the size of a novel but rather short, short stories, flash fiction and a few new poems).

Amanda teases me a little not because of the way I use it but rather sometimes u can see me with a phone a iPod my Kindle and this tablet in my bag all the time. Its quite different from the way I used to cripple my back with tons of books and it makes me think of my character frequently. 

In my forthcoming book on the author, there is little to no mention of him actually writing as most writers I've found if they really get going never really tend to  stop writing, perhaps i should introduce a segment of him writing some poetry before he goes off to fight a horde of barbarians or demons as he does. Perhaps I should but I couldn't see him writing on a tablet like I am on the way to Bradford to see Amanda's family.

Could be interesting thou..