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Need Advice or SupportHave you ever written a book?
I’ve wanted to write a book for probably ten or more years. I’ve tried before, I made it about 25k words in NANOWRIMO one year (ten or so years ago lol) and then I just kind of moved on to other hobbies. I think university made me a lot less interested in writing for myself because i was writing so many essays.
I still write poetry when the inspiration comes.I’ve written a lot of it over the years. I’ve tried compiling it into a book. Didn’t get very far. Felt very, very intimate and I thought about family reading it. Not that it was like, overly detailed or gratuitous or anything, I just realize I would have to reveal a lot of myself to do it. And I think I want to write a fiction book more than anything really.
So, if you have written a book before, or wanted to write a book for years and then finally did, how did you do it? How were you able to actually finish? I get caught up in the planning of the book I want to write, which seems like a way to actually avoid writing it. Yesterday I found a note on my old phone from 2018, where I said I need to write my book. I think time is just gonna keep moving and if I don’t write this thing I’ll think about it and regret it.
Would love to hear from aspiring authors, published authors, or just other writers. Thanks!
I really enjoyed the Witch Elm by Tana French. A real page-turner.
SO GOOD! I'm not sure if she's done writing or what, she was releasing a book every two years starting w Into the Woods but she hasn't released any book since The Searcher and it's been three+ years now :(