Eureka!

Sometimes in our lives we meet up with that seemingly immovable brick wall. An insurmountable problem appears and we end up halting in front of it and scratching our heads in frustration trying to examine all the alternatives but only finding that each one is no better than the original idea which we weren't sure about to start with.

Luckily I do not meet the unclimbable mountain too often. When I do I either stick with the 'best of the worst' choices or, if I've got the time, go away and let the thing sit in my mind without dwelling on it.

My novel, you know that thing I rarely talk about these days, provided me with such a challenge. I wouldn't call it 'Writer's Block'; I can always think of some bollocks or other to write about, more a 'which way do I go now?' sort of dilemma.

The novel is finished but there are aspects I'm unsure about. One has been picked up by a reviewer and I have been mulling and pondering on whether it does need dealing with, whether I can, whether any solution would solve it? You get the idea.

Then one night I was lying in bed and something in my mind stirred. I'm not sure whether it will work so it's not one of those definitive 'Eureka' moments but it might and if nothing else it has reinvigorated my interest in the thing.

I'll go back and read it from start to finish. It'll seem strange for I will be reading it almost as a stranger and that will help too.

I might just realise it is a load of rubbish.