Writing together

Word count has hit all time low - nothing this week, except a few rewrites of a paragraph and some notes. I hang my head in shame.

But.

Boyf and I did get our entry for 'Tower of Blood' film treatment in to the people at jpeg films (being run by Frightfest http://www.frightfest.co.uk/) last weekend.

Writing together is a process of elimination. You have to work out who does what best and it isn't always what you think. I have always thought that as I type fast and think at the keyboard, I should be the one doing the actual writing. However, this goes to pot when the person you are working with sits three inches behind your left ear and mutters at every line you write. I get the urge to re-enact a horror film right there and then!

So, I pace and he types. Occasionally we swap, he'll go to the loo or make tea while I do a quick bit of editing or reading through and I don't mind him yelling from a distance, 'don't forget they need to absorb the evil!' 'OK, thanks, can I have a biscuit with that.'

Teaching has taken over my life recently. The students are varied and full of surprises. Which is as it should be. I am up to my eyes in paperwork, planning and (can't think of another 'p') train journeys.

Have promised students I will write 5,000 words by next week - so am charging up the laptop as I do this. Books for next term are being delivered from Amazon tonight - yippee! (The smell of new books is so exciting, or is that just me?) Hopefully I can try and get ahead with some reading on those long train journeys down to Southampton. This is always assuming I can stop falling asleep.

Off to write and read and powerpoint.....