Mystery of My Writing

On May 8th I wrote a few pages off the top of my head. The first line was

I am a writer.


I thought it was just a throw away page but then I turned it into a tale about a man who is at a Writers Workshop. I started working on it again after I finished CBTM. And I am loving what I am coming up with so far. I have a good feeling about this project. It could be The One. The first novel I send to agents and publishers.

But, of course, there are many problems already with it.

1. It has 2,500 words and I have no clue if I can get it to novel length.

2. I write off the top of my head. I love that. I didn't know what the main character's sex was until he told me he was a divorced guy. I didn't know his name for weeks. I am still not sure if the name he has is his REAL name. But I also don't know the ending. I didn't know a girl was in the tale until she popped up yesterday.

3. It is in first person present tense. I am not even sure if novels in this tense sell, let alone first novels. But it has to be told this way.

4. I really want this one to be The One. I could be proud to put my name on this one. So I feel pressure to get it down.


But, overall, I am hopeful and excited to have stumbled into this project. I am also working on Andre's Story still. But the tone I have written it in is not gritty enough for this urban tale of a man just released from prison. So it is back to the drawing board where he is concerned.