Made the most of a sunny morning by clearing up in the garden – chucking leaves on the compost heap, tucking the fleece down over tender plants and clipping back some overgrown hedge plants.
Then starting on a batch of pickling onions. The kitchen compost bin is now full of onion skins and we both stink of onions.
After that, I’m free to write. I thought of a good way to get two of the characters moving forward, and it got hold of me. I’ve written almost 4,000 words today, and a lot of them are set in a cold sea in late October. I’ve drenched them, half drowned them, broken one arm and bashed both their heads against the cliffs; left them settling down with a fish and chip supper on the beach, so eyes peeled for heart and diabetes problems in future years.
There’s nothing like a good day spent being cruel to a pair of fictional characters.
Julia Chalkley 
Wow, 4,000 words, you’re really burning through them right there. I myself need to get my word count up, because I’ve been doing nothing but slack all day when it comes to my writing. Wishing you the best with your WIP!
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Thank you! Only just found this. Trouble is, I have writer friends who said Great… now knock it into shape and publish it. Not sure it’s that good, but I certainly loved writing it all through. Hope you got a burst of go in your writing after that? I had a few slacker days and almost stalled….
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Your post certainly made me chuckle. Sometimes, especially when something (or someone) had really bugged me, I’d write “vengeance” scenes that were pages and pages long. However, usually I’d go back and revise it to fit the story and the characters, or eliminate it entirely. Any writing is good therapy!
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Hi Carolee… you can tell I’m a novice at this blogging lark, because I’ve just found your message! Sorry, I wasn’t ignoring you. Yes, writing out the spite is brilliant. As is writing out the grief and just writing out what I’ve done today. Thanks for taking the time!
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