Experimental Writing !
I should have been working at the Hay Literary Festival this week but, due to a pulled back muscle, I've been off sick and housebound instead for the last seven days :( I couldn't do much for the first couple of days except lie flat or, alternately, hobble around feeling bored. But by Wednesday, thankfully, I was able to get down to doing some writing - albeit standing up at my breakfast bar. Having kicked my last book into touch for a while, I decided to take the opportunity to try something a bit different. Would a new work station and view spark some fresh ideas and approaches? It would and it did! I'm one of those perfectionist type of writers who go over and over the same paragraph, line, or even word sometimes until it is just right, at least to my mind. To an editor or reader, of course, it might come across as completely wrong. Too many times, when layering my story and digging deep into emotions, I've found myself not being able to see the wood