FICTION FOCUS
Spring into action!
Is there something that’s holding you back from getting your novel finished? Margaret James runs through some of the potential roadblocks, and offers advice to get you past them
It’s nearly spring, the snowdrops are out, and the lengthening days here in the UK must mean that at least some of us are feeling more positive about our writing careers than we might have done in the depths of winter?
This year, we tell ourselves, we’re definitely going to crack it.
But what if you’re not quite at the cracking-it stage just yet? Or if it’s worse than that because you are in fact marooned on Indecision Island? Something is stopping you getting on with your novel-in-progress. The only problem is, you can’t work out what.
Let’s think about fixing some of the most prevalent glitches which can stymie any novelist, debut or established, midlist or bestselling, at any time.