Well, my last post where I copied in the first scene of my second novel went well. Had some nice, positive feedback and a spurt on Goodreads members adding my first novel to their 'to read' list.

That's really pleasing for me as the opening lines of any story are always the most important, whether it's for someone who just wants to read the story or an agent or publisher looking at a submission.

The opening scene in Driven to Distraction was changed only a couple of months before I published it on Amazon. I'd put the book aside for about six weeks prior to that so I could read it afresh and decided that the original scene of Derek chatting with a group of young lads in a Gents toilet, who were going off on a stag trip, was too long and didn't get enough laughs in at the beginning.

Of course, changing this meant I had to then change other parts of the story where Derek made reference to this first meeting. Still, I do prefer his scene with Mrs Crabtree going off on her Swingers Holiday.

Mind you I did like Derek's confusion in the original scene when he overheard a couple of the young lads say they were looking forward to "riding a big one as soon I get there," and "I'll be going up and down all day." He asked if they were off to the Amsterdam red light district and they told him they were going to a theme park. Well they were a young group.