In reality I haven't started chapter 4 but I've put in the page break :-)
The story has a large number of keystones in my mind and we've just reached the second. This moment has been in my head for over ten years, probably nearer twenty. It's strange to finally commit something to word that's been locked in your mind.
Of course these chapters could be very different after editing. I'm at the stage described by one writer as the "vomit draft" i.e. just splurging what's in your head onto the page and worrying about the grammar and other points later.
Here's another clue:
I've just been watching the "Real Marigold Hotel", a BBC documentary. The subject of the Indian caste system was discussed. The idea that you are defined by your birth i.e. if you're born to a cleaner, then you too will be a cleaner etc. It's a fascinating and disturbing subject, that for some their lives are not their own.
Some are forced to live a lie.
Bye for now,
John Howes.
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