Crowding in

I spoke recently to a friend who was stuck in the throes of writing his latest book; stuck as in he couldn’t seem to forge ahead with anything – plot, direction, action, dialogue or characters. Especially the characters.

As he vented about the lack of progress, I began to realise fairly quickly what the problem was: he had way too many people bossing him about.

I know, it’s that old claim that your characters start telling you what they’re going to do next and you can’t stop them. Well, it’s true,