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Carshalton author aims to trash chick flick myths
by James Pepper
A new book is looking to dispel the chick flick myths about men.
Carshalton author Steven Scaffardi is due to release his debut novel The Drought, next month.
A tale of a group of young single men doing what they do, one of the
group has recently broken up with his long-term girlfriend, only to find
he has forgotten how to talk to the opposite sex.
Inspired by Channel 4 hit sitcom The Inbetweeners, there are as many
cringe-worthy moments as there are laugh out loud ones, the blurb reads.
The author and stand-up comedian said he was also inspired by the
misrepresentation of men in so-called rom coms and women’s magazines.
He said: “I have to watch chick flicks because of my girlfriend, and
sometimes I might read the women’s magazines that are lying around.
“When I see the depiction of men in films, I just think to myself ‘a man wouldn’t say that’.”
In an attempt to bring back the real man, the author turned to his own experiences after a few false starts with other novels.
He said: “I have tried to write about cool things of which I know
nothing about and got to chapter four. Then I run out of material. “With
this book, I tried to talk about things which I know about
– young men being mischievous and trying to pull girls.
“It’s about a relationship from a guy’s point of view.”
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