Revisions and line edits on my new #novel continue back and forth between here and my editor. My plan finish by end of May #ameditin #writing #books #bookstadon

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17. In #Scots

Eh...
Aye...

She liftit the Porsche, she taks drugs, she's oan the lam, she's assaultit Polis, she drives like a daemon....
Aye, there’s mair, bit ye get the jist.
Keri MacFarlane is a gey nauchtie lassie.....

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Ah've said it afore, Keri lives richt in the now. Thegither wi her puir self control and pride, she gets hersel intae loads o bother.
She disnae believe she deserves tae be happy in her hairt, and she's gey, gey guid at self sabotage....
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Dis yer MC hae ony flaws?
Keri's been an addict fir maist o her life, an she's prone tae relapsin. She's bloody mindit, quick tempert an get easy triggered by certain hings.
She's gey proud, disnae like showin weakness, an often jist cannae stoap hersel dain stupit hings.
Fir aw that, while she's no responsible fir maist o her difficulties, she is guid at makin hings *much* worse fir hersel.
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12. Material possessions
In a wird, naw. She lives in the now an disnae hae twa beans tae rub thegither.
Tae Keri, the car isnae a possession, it's a pairt o Janis Joplin's spirit an it his a need tae drive.
Syne we're here, the car boot is, a bitty surprisinly, fu o Janis's stuff. Maistly claes, bit there's a mysterious medicine box in there an aw..
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Is yer MC responsible fir sombdy else?
No really, though she's responsible fir Ami's safety when drivin.
She's nivver had weans, an his jist left a jakey partner.
She dis feel a muckle responsibility fir the safety o the Car.
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Keri disnae hae a true hame, an is steyin wi Ami afore the stert o the story. She is restless an rootless.
If she heard the word 'hame', she'd no care oan the outside, but inside, she'd be sick fir it.
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The radio is ay oan in the Car, apart frae when the lassies ur sleepin or Ami is phonin intae the Rock Radio station.
Maistly it's Rock or metal playin, bit also a wee bitty jazz. A load o it is 90's music, but also loads o 60's Rock, especially Janis.
The lassies banter a fair amount, but the ither sound is the Polis ahint them.
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Syne she's the narrator an it's nivver come up, Ah dinnae ken whit colour her een ur!
She's bottle blonde, but hasnae said whit her ane colour is.
At a guess, They will be blue or brown, bit Ah honestly dinnae hae a clue 🤷‍♀️
First buddy narrator issues.
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5. Dis yer antagonist hae ony moral boundaries they willnae cross?

Ma main antagonists ur, no surprisnly, Polis. Dae they hae moral boundaries? They're meant tae.
Ma ither antagonist is cried Louis Cyphre. If you ken that name, then ye ken he believes gie strang in deals an contracts...
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What's really frustrating about inventing a #fantasy #language is wanting to include a particular word from that language in your book title, and Googling that word just in case, and finding that multiple iterations of the word already exist as brand names or plentiful surnames.

*SIGH*

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3. Dis yer MC hae ony tattoos, scaurs or distinguishin merks?
Aw Keri's scaurs ur oan the inside, an she keeps them hid. She's had a hard life, but she's goat smeddum an disnae show weakness, so you mebbe widnae ken oan the outside at aw.
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2. How much did ye ken about yer MC afore ye stairtit scrievin yer first draft?

I kenned next tae nocht about her life, or her past. Aw Ah kenned wis she luved the same music as me, an she wis wild eneuch tae lift Janis Joplin's Porsche frae the Rock n Roll Hall ov Fame.
Her story unfoldit tae me as her journey in the car went oan.
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Gaunae translat these intae Scots.
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1. Whit dae ye hae in common wi ur MC?
Mah MC, Keri MacFarlane, is a Scots spikker like me, an she's a 90s lassie wha likes the same music as Ah dae, has had Martial Airts trainin like me, an Janis Joplin is her idol, like me...
She's also a jakey wi Rally drivin skills, which Ah am no!
Oh aye, an Ah hae nivver nicked a car...
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