Hold everything. The long awaited book No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty arrived today (see posting 1st Nov).
It's a rainy, blustery, dull November day - the wind is gusting at 58mph so I'm not going to be going anywhere - perfect for a feet-up-on-the-sofa afternoon read. Our mail doesn't arrive till about 1.30 pm. By then I'd done the essentials, attended a meeting, and battened down the greenhouse, so I'd no qualms about throwing some more logs on the fire, washing a bunch of grapes, making a pot of tea and having a good read - and a good laugh as it turns out. By page 45 I had laughed more than I'd laughed all week!
I love this book. I recommend you read it even if you're not planning to write a novel in a month.
The whole idea is so preposterous, and Baty's attitude so cavalier and his sense of humour so engaging, that it makes for a fun read. The fact that National Novel Writing Month's success is so surprising given the daftness of the idea delights me too....
It's a rainy, blustery, dull November day - the wind is gusting at 58mph so I'm not going to be going anywhere - perfect for a feet-up-on-the-sofa afternoon read. Our mail doesn't arrive till about 1.30 pm. By then I'd done the essentials, attended a meeting, and battened down the greenhouse, so I'd no qualms about throwing some more logs on the fire, washing a bunch of grapes, making a pot of tea and having a good read - and a good laugh as it turns out. By page 45 I had laughed more than I'd laughed all week!
I love this book. I recommend you read it even if you're not planning to write a novel in a month.
The whole idea is so preposterous, and Baty's attitude so cavalier and his sense of humour so engaging, that it makes for a fun read. The fact that National Novel Writing Month's success is so surprising given the daftness of the idea delights me too....
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