Hi friends!
This is the 7th ‘Behind the Scenes’ post for The Experiment, in which I let you into the process and thoughts behind my draft zero, serialised novel. Buckle up!
(Click the links to read chapters one, two and three of The Experiment).
So, how’s it going?
I’m not going to lie, even though every bone in my body might want to. The whole point of this project was to tell the truth, to share the pain as well as the joy in trying to create this book. But I’m human, which means I have an ego. Not an inflated one, hopefully, but still there’s one there. The desire to save face, to present myself in the best possible light. On a very basic level, perhaps, just to have people like me, even to admire me.
Part of me wants to present as a writer who merely has to sit at the keyboard and great prose will flow effortlessly from their fingers. But that’s not true, and pretending it is, is not the spirit in which I started The Experiment. It’s supposed to be warts and all. It’s supposed to be teaching by example. I’m supposed to be sharing it all, the good and bad.
Okay… deep breath. Here goes.