Writer Adele Parks, 40, described in the Times earlier this year, how she set out to become a writer - and achieved her goal.
Her comments are inspiring, but rather daunting. She has talent but worked hard to succeed. A combination of flair and slog in equal measure.
"Because I was very goal-orientated, I followed the regime that my husband used to train for marathons. He exercised three hours a day, three days a week and five hours at the weekend. I took the same timetable to write and devised a work plan: what I should read, how much I should write and the structure of the book.
"My plan was to drop off the first three chapters and a synopsis to my agent on my 30th birthday. A friend who had been reading my first draft came across an interview with Jonny Geller, of Curtis Brown, who said he liked 10-word pitches.
"So I dropped the work into his office the day before my birthday and with it I put a synopsis with the words...'Anna Karenina meets Bridget Jones but heroine gets to live'. He loved it."
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