work continues on the novel.
It’s structured in 7 discrete parts (6 in the novel, 1 to be hidden in the wild), each to work as an individual story but each also contributing and working together with the others to create a unified whole. Each episode has a different couple at its heart and each is written in a different style, from chick-lit to choose your own adventure. Each is an exercise in voice, style and genre convention, and as a whole there will be no compromise.
Thus far 2 sections have been written, both in 0th draft stage and both with significant flaws that need addressing. I want to have another 2 finished by easter and then a full 0th draft completed by summer. At that stage I’ll be able to see the thing as a whole and decide whether it works or not.
(working title)
work on the new novel begins.
From the synopsis
Me/You is a taut literary take on the psychological thriller, in which the narrator searches for the truth behind his best friend’s disappearance. Set over the course of a single snow-stormy night, the narrator’s search for the truth takes him on journey home, and simultaneously deep into his past. Over the course of the novel, the narrator delves into his relationship with his best friend, and in particular the consequences of growing up as identical duplicates; spending their childhood and teens constantly pretending to be one another.