Guest Post - If in Doubt - Lightbulb moment no. 754,233

When I start a new manuscript I often give up on it. At times like these I have to remember that I can come back to it when I realise something that should or should not be in there.

For example, yesterday I got stuck writing in too much about a new character who I was basing on someone in real life. I ended up writing too much vengeful prose that went off on a useless tangent. It was changing the entire scene of my romantic comedy novel, into some kind of depressing drama!

Today I realised I don’t need revenge in the form of fiction. So I just let that character go. Literally. I deleted the character and now my MS is back on track!

It’s the same as in real life, if you don’t let hateful things go, it will eat away at you.

I know they say put your enemies into your books and kill them off, which is fine for a thriller, but not this book. Not in this way.

So yeah. Tune in next time when I complain about getting stuck on my MS again. Writing is emotional. Even if it’s just fiction.

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