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Do you remember your favorite book from childhood?

I was in a Comprehensive school. (English education experiment. Failed miserably. The experiment, not me!! 🤣🤣).

So we got “library time” – don’t ask – and I rummaged around a bit to see what was what. I’d read some typical boys books – Jennings, Flying officers etc – boring!

Then I saw this title. Different. It piqued my interest, I picked it up, began to read and was immediately hooked. I’d never heard of a story from the creature’s point of view.

It made me think and since then, I’ve tried to read books that make me think. Or that provoke a response. Or that stir the imagination.

One of my favourite authors was Terry Pratchett. He wrote about the ‘disc world’. Extremely funny in places and an excellent send-up of authoritarian regimes and figures.

These days I’m more into detective or justice stories. Grisham is a favourite.

I have even written a couple of published books myself. Ooer missus*! I was inspired by a couple of coinciding factors – the birth of my grandkids, my wife’s pet dog and her amusing antics^ and the time and opportunity to write my thoughts on paper.

I’d recommend trying it out, especially if you have an idea that keeps getting in your head and won’t let go. Start by writing down your main idea. Then ask yourself, how shall I develop the character (s) and the story? What and how do you want it to conclude?

There’s other ways but to begin with these will probably help. Who knows, maybe you’ll be the next White Fang writer who sets someone’s imagination on fire!

*”Ooer missus”. – English colloquial expression used extensively by me (and other English people of a certain era) to express surprise and mild amusement.

^that is to say, the amusing antics of the dog, not my wife!