Came across the site I Write Like which compares your own writing with more esteemed writers. I uploaded the first 3 chapters of Railroaded and IWL said I write like Cory Doctorow. I then uploaded the first 3 chapters of my WIP and IWL says I write like P.G.Wodehouse. I’ve never read either of these
MonthAugust 2010
Mid-novel crisis – Need a convertible and leather trousers
The writing hasn’t begun again because the ideas I’ve got for this ‘near future society’ needs to be hammered out. I’m trying to keep things simple but this one difference has knock-on effects which need to make sense for the whole point of the book to be understood. I’ve changed how I’m going to start
New novel binned, starting again
It may seem like a tough decision to pull the plug on a novel 7 chapters (14,600 words) long but since I first thought about scrapping it and having slept on it, it seems like the best thing to do. The problem wasn’t the themes or ideas, it was the approach I took with the