The picture was taken just outside our villa the other morning. It is not what you expect of Dubai but in January this can happen as can cooler weather.........
So some things can take people by surprise - expecting a desert when what you see could almost be in England.
I like the unexpected (I think), but sometimes it's not so good yet that's the way of the world.
So I am surprised that the process of rewriting August Rock is so slow, but happy because I have lived with these characters in my head for so long I don't need to think about it too much. They are fully formed (unlike my first drafts where I discovered my characters as i write). In one way this makes the writing easier. New thoughts and twists keep me interested while I hope remaining true to my vision. I would just like to know why it is going quite so slowly?
It's not just the rain in the gutter that I didn't expect to see. I'm not sure what I did think Dubai looked like...
ReplyDeleteWhy is it slow? Because a book is a very big thing?
Every edit you make impacts the entire novel ;)
ReplyDeleteKeep going, Liz. As for rain? I am staring at sheets of it!! PS Lovely photo of you on previous post.
ReplyDeleteGosh that does look a bit English.
ReplyDeleteMy progress is slow too but it does help to have the characters pretty much fully formed.
What's that saying? "More haste, less speed" I think.
ReplyDeleteCJ xx
Thanks for the pic, I had never thought of Dubai looking like that (so english).
ReplyDeleteThat looks amazingly English. Nothing at all like I'd expected.
ReplyDeleteThe rewrites are going at the right pace. Enjoy, don't force.
Ha! I thought you must have come back to the UK for some reason - for some rain, perhaps. We've had a torrent of it too, in the last twenty-four hours.
ReplyDeleteAugust Rock is taking more time, because you care more about it now, perhaps?
Time plays funny tricks sometimes. It's obviously important to you.
ReplyDeleteYes Liz think of the tortoise and the hare!
ReplyDeleteYou should have entitled this post "where in the world?" Not what I would have expected for Dubai.
ReplyDeleteAnd keep going with AR it will all be worth it one day.
It's interesting for me to see photos of Dubai as my cousin lives there. Well, usually he lives there. Currently, he's in Toronto.
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