A Novel Beginning, Weeks 1 & 2
This will be the first in a series of posts I will be adding to my blog. These posts will be continuous, covering an 18-week span and will be posted at least once a week until I’ve reached the end.
While I was writing my book, I also kept a journal, which I have titled “A Novel Beginning.” The journal was for myself at first, in order to keep track of what I had accomplished, to keep myself accountable and also to have some reference to look back on and compare to as I continued to write other books. While my blog will share with you the high’s and low’s as I move along in the writing and publishing world, I decided I would also share with you the thoughts I jotted down during the months I spent writing my book.
I hope so.
Writing a book has some fear attached to it, or rather, quite a bit of fear. I finally had to admit to the fear I had about putting so much work into something, only to be told by someone or many some ones, that it just wasn’t good enough. BUT you only fail if you do not try. At least if you try, it is something to be proud of, whether you meet someone else’s expectations or not. So, I began to make regular time to write. That was the true beginning for me; making an actual schedule to write. I had already bought enough books and magazines, already researched enough online articles, it was now finally time to make true what I was too chicken to say out loud: I am a writer so I will write!
I began to type, after fighting what felt like writer’s block right from the beginning. Then as I began to let the words come, the sentences followed, then the paragraphs and finally the pages. I had earlier planned to write a certain number of pages every day and I may not quite be there but my first sitting ended with 13 pages. I felt good about that, considering how long I stared at the keyboard and computer before words finally flowed from my fingertips. I do believe I can do better and I just need to work on finding the right blocks of time so that I can write a good number of pages per day. It should not be out of the realm of possibility!
Monday:
Tuesday:
To be continued…
