Last year, I only discovered the A2Z 2020 Challenge on the first of April – the start day and had to wing it with the theme of the unfolding Covid 19 Pandemic. This year I have had time to think about it in advance and have to make it not just a 26 day blogging challenge, but a 26 day novel completing challenge…
Some years ago, laid up after a hip replacement [I am not as old as that suggest but I have just reached pension age 🙁 ] I awoke in the middle of the night from a dream which I knew was meant to be the start of a novel. I immediately dictated all I could recall into my phone and began writing the next day.
I confess, I already had a novel on the go which has languished for more of the 15 years since its inception than not. Whilst still actively thinking and reaching and very occasionally writing a bit of the first novel – darting hither and thither within its structure, the second novel – “Train Wreck” – has been a start at the beginning and work through in order affair. Still, there has been a lot of time when life got in the way of writing and so I have decided to try and complete it with the impetus of the 2021 Challenge.
To comply with the A to Z part of the Challenge, I am going to invent an aspect of my novel’s world(s) – for it is a science-fiction in a thriller format – the Train Wreck is a whodunnit! But I shall then publish a chapter a day – luckily I have a headstart of twelve which gives me more time to write the balance…
And if anything else demands musing on, I will tack that on too…
Needless to say – Feedback would be most welcome!
I will aim to visit as many other blogs as I can – its going to be busy!
Excellent, will look forward to a good sci-fi story! I'm doing an A-Z guide of my own dystopian sci-fi novels for the month 🙂
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I had hip surgery myself as a very young girl, so we have something in common.
How great is a novel based on an actual dream? Have fun with the 2021 challenge (you prosbably didn't mean to write 2921?)
Schoolboy error lol!
Glad to see you 😉
Great theme, I'm looking forward to reading your story!
Bonjour Frederique – Comment ça va?
This theme allows your comments to show. Thanks for fixing this! I appreciate your visit to my theme reveal post and I hope we shall cross paths next month. It gets rather wild and I'm not nearly prepared as I've been in in the last few. Oh well…I'm going to take it in stride and enjoy the fun. Best of luck to you, Andrew!
Sounds great!
Thanks for joining my unofficial A-Z linkup.
Best wishes for novel completion target that you have taken. This year's challenge theme of mine: Industrial Engineers and Their Achievements – A to Z April 2021 Blogging Challenge Theme Hope for more interaction.
A SF mystery? I'm certainly in!
And I think the challenge can do a lot for you, in terms of workign at you rnovel. I have never written novels during the AtoZ, but I've been taking part in the November NaNoWriMo per more than 10 years, and always had a lot done by the end o fthe month.
Looking forward for you story 🙂
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I’m looking forward to a bit of sci fi. See you on April 1.
That sounds like a real challenge but I hope you'll enjoy it. I like science fiction mystery though I don't read a lot of them. Good luck with the challenge.
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Wow! All the best, and I look forward to seeing how things unfold. We're lucky to have front-row seats!
I see the Kurt Vonnegut quote – love the man, the writer and the Humanist…
Très bien ! Et j'espère que toi aussi 😉 Prêt pour jeudi ? ☺
Interesting! I, too, started down a path because of a dream. I dreamed an entire movie and thought I should sell the "idea" to someone. Instead, the path led to me returning to school, studying film and screenwriting (including writing the screenplay for the "movie" I dreamed)!