My first writing walk, brought to you by Ernest the Cat who doesn't believe in a Sunday morning lie in, has taken me to the Royal Mile Cafe by the Castle, which is pleasantly empty for a Sunday in July. Mind you it is 11 a.m. in the morning.
The walk started from Polwarth and took me through Gilmore Place, past the King's Theatre, along the meadows and up to the corner where the pub Doctors is. From there, having admired some very pretty summer hats, I walked up George IV Bridge and up to the castle taking in some of Edinburgh's closes that contains the writing museum and the Edinburgh Mill discount shop. I was amazed even with an early morning start how busy the Royal Mile was. I will not be attempting this walk again till at least September.
You are probably thinking, that is very interesting Julia, but why call it a writing walk? Well it is my time to think about my novel when my characters can exercise themselves and I can find places of significance to my fictional world. For example two of my characters, Jeremy and Chloe are having a secret love affair at the start of the novel so they have to have places that are real to meet. It is my technique to try and enhance the words on the place and also to break down the long days of being in front of a keyboard trying to remember things about Edinburgh. I am and perhaps with a renewed focus very serious about getting published and part of this is doing it in a healthy manner and these types of walk just reming me of why writing and finishing this book is so important to me. It is important for everyone to be encourage to follow our passions and not just let them become a dusty hardback on a top shelf of a bookcase.
I know that when I go home most of the afternoon will be spend doing things connected to my day job, but I now know where Chloe and Jeremy meet for dates, where Jeremy will live and feel as though I really enjoyed my walk through Edinburgh. Follow your dreams folks.
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