Stefan's Day: A Wallander Fanfic

This is the first fanfic I wrote based on the Swedish Mankell's Wallander TV series.  I wanted to get inside Stefan's head, so I wrote about a working day from his perspective.


The moment the alarm goes off I know it’s going to be one of those days.  I flail at it to shut it up, and roll on my back with a long, discontented groan.  It can’t be that time already.

 Unfortunately, a glance at the clock says that yup, it is, and it has come round even quicker than usual as I have only managed half a night’s sleep.  The bust last night kept us all away from our beds for far too long.  I eventually got home 3:30 this morning and who knows when Kurt got back to his place.  However, it was worth it.  We nailed those scumbags, caught them bang to rights.  The thought sends an adrenaline jolt right through me.

 

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One day I'll actually write that novel...

Seriously, I've been trying to write a novel since I was sixteen.  Unfortunately my previous attempts have been fairly hopeless and I now have the problem that the main character, who I found fascinating and massively appealing when I was sixteen, now doesn't seem as interesting.  I think I'll have to write the sequel first.
However, writing fanfics has helped kick-start my creative brain again and I'm now developing a new idea for a possibly novel-length story set in Sweden and possibly Norway.  Now, I know the conventional wisdom is to "write what you know", but sometimes writing about what you don't know makes for better results, as it forces you to research your subject more, so I think I could pull it off.  My Wallander fanfics are already set in Sweden and I have a great interest in Scandinavian life and culture, which also helps.
In the end, I just enjoy writing.  It evidently meets some need somewhere.  All I have to do is keep coming up with coherent ideas.  Easier said than done...