I can fully appreciate your comment about your friend with the fantastic story idea, but never getting past the first chapter. I’ve come across a good amount of people in a similar situation. One in particular, has spent years designing the appartments his characters live in and in defining the method he will use to structure his chapters. I stopped talking to him a long time ago, but I would be willing to bet that he’s still standing in the corner at parties saying “I’m writing a novel. Yes I am. And it will put the literary world on its collective ear, I say. Just you wait until I finish it.” He also spends a lot of time giving advice to other wannabes, merely regurgitating what he’s read in ‘how to’ books. I stopped participating in such groups on the internet because it felt as if all they did was talk about what they were writing and weren’t actually writing it…

I’m really enjoying these posts, Glenda. Thank you!

Cheers, Lisa.