Novel Update #1

Hello! Before we get into it, I just wanted to apologise for no post last week. I was incredibly burnt out from my dissertation, and wanted to relax as much as possible. I didn't really end up relaxing, though, and now I've decided I'm going to attempt to write a novel.

I was originally going to adapt a short story that I had written for university, but I realised that I would just become bored of it. When reading a magazine, however, I was struck with inspiration, and now have a completely new idea to develop.

I've never written a novel before, but I'm excited for the challenge. So what have I done so far? I've spent the last few days drafting the initial plot idea, and with that idea, I've been developing a list of key scenes that I want to include in the story. I've also developed the central characters (by developed, I mean I've made a pinterest board). I've been thinking about setting, both physical setting and the time in which my story is set, and I think I'm close to finishing.

So what next? I'm going to spend the next week drafting character sheets, and setting sheets (I don't know if that's a thing). So far, I haven't found a template that works for me, but if I do, I will be sure to share it. I also want to make a spreadsheet in order to track my scene ideas, and where I am with the project.

Again, sorry for the short update, but it has been a bit of a hectic week. I've decided that I'm going to treat this project like a dissertation of sorts, and by that I mean I will be setting myself weekly targets to achieve. So, hopefully, I will have finished what I said I would do. We'll see.

All my love,

Talia