Notes from the margin: Finding the right words
Lost for the right words when she reads a friend’s first attempt at a novel, Lorraine Mace finally finds inspiration
Many moons ago I wrote a column about people who would write novels if only they could spare the time. They fall into various categories, but the bottom line is always the same. Writing is so easy they could do it with their eyes closed – what’s the big deal?
One of my close (non-writing) friends often told me she had a unique plot that would make a great novel, but wouldn’t tell me what it was in case I beat her to it. Why she would think
I needed anyone else’s ideas when my brain is in danger of exploding because of the plots already in there, I never could understand. Any offer to help her get going was met with suspicion. In the end, I gave up. So, you can imagine my surprise when she told me she’d actually written a book.