Annabelle Eaton's Blog

Re-writing and Editing

Everyone knows the first draft of anything is, to put it nicely, not great. Therefore, editing and re-writing is required, and that is where I am now. I have set myself a goal of getting it finished and polished by the end of July. 

So far it's going well but probably because I've done a lot more towards the end of the novel when my writing wasn't as...cringeworthy. I've actually got the opening paragraph which I'm pretty happy with (for now at least) to share with you along with the first meet.

The opening paragraph:

'Starting a new job was always scary. Starting your first job in the hope that you’d earn enough to escape your bat-shit crazy, Stepford family was plain terrifying. This had to work out because if I ended up a sad old housewife like my Mum I was going to shove my head in an oven.'

The first meet:

'I walked around the desk and sat on the chair. It was too big and too comfortable. I was going to have to concentrate hard on not falling asleep in it. Pushing my foot on the floor, I spun around in the chair.

“Hello, Amelie.” I stopped immediately at the sound of my boss’ voice. Oh nice one, Millie! I cringed inwardly and turned the chair to face him. My eyes widened. Oh sweet Jesus! I now completely understood Samia’s wink.

Aden had dark blonde hair and deep, sky blue eyes. His body, although covered in an expensive looking suit, was in-freaking-credible. My heart raced, and I squirmed. Working for him was going to be both amazing and painful in equal measures. How the hell could I have forgotten him? I must have been trashed that night!'

I stood up in a daze. “Aden, hi.” Should I apologise for swinging on the chair like a child or ignore it? In my defence, you put wheels on a chair, and it was going to be abused.'

Both scenes pretty much sum up Amelie's quirky personality and absolute lack of self-control!