by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
With the help of AI, I’m zooming through the first draft of a my new novel. As I keep saying — I’m doing all the writing.
But there’s a meta issue that I’m concerned about — the very premise of the novel. You see, the novel is currently called “Girl Against The Wall” and it’s about a 17-nearly-18-year-old woman who is stuck behind a wall, and has been all her life.
This is where the first potentially problematic comes up — Woke 1 would say I’m being a creepy old man who writing from the POV of a young woman. And, to a certain extent, I guess they’re right. And, yet, I think if you actually read what I’ve written in context, those complaints would be midigated.
The other issue is that the “girl” against the wall is being helped by a 33 year old man. That, too, I guess, if you look at it the wrong way, is kind of…creepy. But, again, I think if you look in-context to what I’m actually writing it isn’t nearly as creepy as you might think.
I really believe in this novel and I’m going to give it ago for now. I have any number of other novel and short story ideas floating about, but this specific one has caught my fancy.
