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Yeepee for me, yesterday I got back to writing on my novel. I know it has been a little too long away from my novel, there is no excuse in the world that I can offer to justify my lack of progress.
I have to admit that I am entering the New York phase of my book with trepidation. I am not entirely sure how or where to proceed, I know how I am going to remedy that. I am going to write up an outline with ideas and thoughts as to what my goals are for the New York part of the saga. I have already done some historic research so I am good there, it is more on the emotional side and my character’s feelings about her new home, being away from her family, meeting her love’s friends and family; how much excitement, how much homesickness, how much loneliness and how much infatuation for the new city to describe and put into the pages. So there is where I am.
I tell you, I “knew” that writing a novel was really, really hard. I just never quite understood how wrenching the words can be to put on paper, how hard it is to translate emotions into words and even dialogue is a tough nut to crack. I refuse to rush myself, I don’t want to make it about the finish line, I want this to be about the characters and how they feel, where they are and have them get to their place at the correct point in time. I am working really hard to not be negative about my writing or get bogged down in self-doubt. I need to forge ahead one page at a time or two if I’m feeling energetic. That is what I need to focus on; type and move the story forward.
It is hard, but it is so worth it.
laurieanichols 
Kudos to you you for writing a novel. Keep at it! I’ll hopefully be doing the same one day, sooner than later!
I don’t know if you would still say kudos if you had known that I am now in year three of writing it. I should have finished by now. Oops but I am still at it so that is something.Thanks so much:D
Onya!
Oh boy here we go. So far day two of being in the saddle again, one day at a time because thinking of it in bulk gets overwhelming. 😀
Start with the smallest thing you can do: you can write one sentence; then another. One more sentence and you have a paragraph!
Well done for getting as far as you already have 🙂 That’s no small achievement.
Considering that I have been working on it for three years, I am in the last stretch of the story. I think that having my heroine be an extension of myself is what is making this harder, I feel exposed but I am doing what you said type and move the story forward without thinking ahead of myself. By the time I’m finished this book will be a thousand pages, I’m at 550 already. The editing process will be another saga all by itself lol. Thanks Tilly for the wonderful words of encouragement. 🙂
So impressed! Keep on going! 🙂
Thanks sans! Off I go typing 😀
I know time is a hard thing to find with novel writing. I am excited for you and picking it up again. Keep up the good work.
Thanks sweetie!!