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THERE IS NOTHING more daunting for a writer – whatever stage you are at – than the blank page at the start of a story.
Building characters Story is all about character, so I began with our sleuths. Frankie comes from a family of five – Ollie her big brother is on a very long gap year and runs the bar in her parent’s hotel when he’s not playing guitar in his band – the only decent one in Kilmurray Point. While I was thinking about the characters, I wanted to get a real blend of nationalities, ethnic backgrounds and types of family – Frankie’s from a big one, but her cousin Sorcha who is new to Raven’s Hill 5th Year is the only one at home – her sister Beth has gone to Edinburgh University and her parents are both scientists who are away a lot. She’s also a competitive swimmer, and moving school means she can put in more training time as well as ace her Leaving.
With this book, once I had the cast and the plot when I sat down to start, the story was bursting to be told and I just started writing. That first draft is not something anyone is going to see, and whatever goes down onto that blank page will be reworded many times – I’m aiming to string enough words together to find the story.
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