Five Things I’ve Learnt About Writing A Novel Before I’ve Even Finished My First

I’ve been working on (and off) my novel ‘Recital‘ for a fair while now, and I’ve come to some less than earth shattering realisations that, even though they may not help you finish your own incredible novel may at least help you sleep at night, safe in the knowledge that you’re not as hopeless as me or, at the very least, that we’re both as hopeless as each other and you’re not alone in your hopelessness.

So here, in no particular order, are my five startling realisations:

1. Life gets in the...