Tomorrow Will Come… Chapter One.

As promised, here is the first draft of chapter one of my new novel, Tomorrow Will Come and It Will Be Just Like Today.

It is, intentionally, a dark, introspective psychological piece and I will, naturally, be very interested in hearing if I’ve managed to achieve this dark introspection without the reader losing his or her wish to continue. There are a couple of story hooks, and, in spite of their difficulties, I think my characters are quite engaging, but I am of course too close to it at this stage to know how successful it is (or isn’t!)

Take a look when/if you have time and feel free to share any comments here.

Tomorrow Will Come and It Will Be Just Like Today — Chapter One.

© 2008 Gary William Murning

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Out Of the Blue.

After a bit of a trying day yesterday (not something I can currently discuss here, though nothing half as distressing as that possibly makes it sound!… email me if you want the dirt 😉 ), I today woke up with a complete novel — i.e. a beginning, a middle and an end — bouncing around in my old bonce. It was unexpected, demanding (in the sense that it really got my attention) and extremely welcome.

Now, I know some of you might be expecting me to say that I therefore abandoned my latest outline, the third outline I’ve attempted in, more or less, as many months, and started outlining this novel. But I didn’t. Instead, I abandoned my latest outline and started writing the novel itself.

A psychological thriller with the working title Tomorrow Will Come and It Will Be Just Like Today (yes, I know it’s a long title but I kind of like it… thoughts?), it’s already promising to be as dark as I want it to be, intense, claustrophobic, violent and, hopefully, emotionally complex. In short, a challenging but enjoyable novel to write.

I’ve opted for a third person narrative restricted to the two central characters. I haven’t written in the third person at length for a few years and, to be honest, it’s like a breath of fresh air. I know I’m going to enjoy this one!

I may post the first chapter when it’s complete later this week.

© 2008 Gary William Murning