AUTHOR’S JOURNEY
A space for the messy, magical journey of writing. Tools, doubts, some victories, and the moments in between.
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After months of circling around the idea like a suspicious cat, I bought Scrivener yesterday. Everyone said it was the tool for writers. And still, I resisted for as long as possible (more than a year, to be honest) — partly because I’m stubborn, partly because I thought I could get away with working through
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And more than a month passed without writing — at least, without writing here. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been deep in the Story Genius practice. I now have a nearly complete blueprint — in bullet points and ideas — for not one but two books. I’m currently working through the final exercise: drafting
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Still not feeling ready to move, I may be procrastinating. But nearly zero words were written again.I want to believe, since the story keeps brewing in my mind, that this is the process of the first book. The following books will move faster, right?
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…I have officially two (almost completed) books in the plotboard. The process was less than seamless, but as always in my life, I’ve discovered my exact mix between extreme organization and intuition. Meaning, the two steps back I took after half a book written (only by gut feeling), was the correct thing to do. Now
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I understand the world better when I have rules, procedures, guidelines. Anything that I can follow and understand. Embarking on this creative journey was (without a doubt) one of the more daunting things I ever decided to do. And to be honest, I was lost.After taking online courses, conducting research, and attending webinars, I still
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Emerged in this book:
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An untapped source of knowledge and content.Apparently, from all my readings about the social media topic (because I am old and was raised before Google was even a thing), we need to build a network that includes authors, agents, editors, publishers, writers, and any other relevant parties for this endeavor. So I delved deeply into
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The first blog introduction was clear and to the point—more about the (future) book than about me. I wrote it in 5 minutes after listening to my favorite writing podcast, and it was done. Here: Uneasy minds need to write (and read) Aspiring author, currently elbow-deep in the chaotic process of writing a book. This
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The only way to get it done is by doing. That also goes for the things you don’t want to do, but have to. The idea started with the notion that this book needs to sell, which means I need readers. I should work for someone, not just for my pleasure; I call it common
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I received some cutting feedback on the first part of my book. Now I am stuck!I had no illusions about the quality of my first chapters, but still, there are so many things to change, refine, and rethink that I’m at a loss. I’m unsure whether to go back and revise now or finish this
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