Category Archives: #amwriting

As I have discovered, I am as fascinated at the journey and process of writing my novel as the activity instead. I had wanted to write about it more, but simply working on the book itself has taken up all my time. But I tried to tweet about it, so I have a record. SoContinue reading “Tweets about My journey.”

I was just looking at chapter, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Then contemplating the two more rewrites. Then knowing my book is honest, intense and dark and I will be so exposed if it's ever published. Even though it's fiction, it's a world I created. I was having a moment. And thenContinue reading “It just takes that much work…”

Outside library, knew it was closed but came by anyway. Feels comforting to be near other writers who hated their second draft too but manage to still finish their books and be published.

Therefore, maybe if it could all go away, I would have a much easier life; not everyone needs a passion, not everyone needs to create, and I am not sure how I was touched by that muse since I was a child, yet with no promises that I would excel beyond average and succeed in any way.

It’s not about us…  

Writing is a singular activity, not in the way it’s unique or exemplary but separate, by oneself, alone. This may be obvious to some, or intuitive for others, but for me, I didn’t have any concept of how lonely it would be to embark on a novel.

Whenever I have doubts, I think of these, they are my mantras for finishing the novel, because whatever I am feeling is a process that every writer has to go through, even the best.

It’s completely daunting, not because I don’t think I could write like that, because I think I might, but I don’t know how many hours, months or even years I need to put in before my book has as much texture and depth as the books I love.

I was curious what my book looked like if I made a plot arc. As I feared/had a hunch there were a lot of problems with it when I looked at it this way. There were stories in there that had no forward momentum. And subplots randomly placed when no one knew the character.. SavedContinue reading “The enlightening Plot Arc”