It's like concentrated NaNoWriMo! I had to write 60,000 words in eight days! I'm glad I managed it, though, even if the end result was a heap of completely disjointed rubbish, because without it we wouldn't have been able to treat our elderly guests to a fantastic three days.

There must be a knack to it; if so, I certainly haven't found it yet! I'm going to try taking the clarinet apart today and actually greasing the cork, then I'll change the reed (it came with a choice of two, so I'll try the finer one) and get myself onto YouTube.