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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But I will do better by myself. And that’s really all I can do.
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And another fifty (or so) to go… But for today, I am celebrating! One chapter fully written; 2144 words of it. Just not sure how I feel about it, to be honest. Every time I read what I wrote, it feels like crap. Not good enough. Weird sentences. Strange expression, doubts. But I am letting…
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Nothing kills your creativity more than sitting in a room under A/C and artificial light, in from of power point presentations during 8h. I am generally happy with my career. It’s a pretty successful one and I am very good at what I do. But on days like today, where they suck the life out…
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Today, due to life happening and errands to run, I could sit in a coffee place at 9 a.m. and write for 1h straight. It was clear enough for me how easy I can enter the zone and how I would be able maybe to do a 8h job out of it. The relaxation and…
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The million dollar question. And here what I can say: And this is what I am capable of sharing now. I have what I thought it would be idea for a series of 3 books. But to be honest, I think that idea was fun, but it will not be executable at this moment in…
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Is not going as fast as I would like. And I am getting frustrated that I cannot go at the planned rhythm. The idea of having something nearly finished in one year, is fasting dissolving, considering the amount of time and silence I need to step into the “writing zone”. Need to be feeling what…
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I am currently building characters. Seems like a necessary requirement for writing any good book. Although, to be honest I did not study for this, so have no clue how it is done*. But common sense (my dearest old friend) tells me that you need deep, dense characters that you can relate with. The thing…
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Got ill, come home, ditched all responsibilities on my husband and slept 15h. No writing yesterday too. Already put some work from home hours in the morning, slept more 3h, start feeling better. And writing I am.
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Did not write yesterday. It was a conscious choice to read for 3h until pass I out exhausted of so many adventures. I like to read, more than that, I need to read. When the reality tries to cripple in my bones and drag me down. Read allows me to escape, live other lives, experiment…
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I, indeed, don’t know how to do things half way. So in two week since I told myself I would do it, there’s a full plan going on for this book. I am living and breathing my characters, listening to podcasts, checking Instagram pages, searching for book conventions… and my ideas are driving faster than…
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