In common with a great many others I have been attempting to pen a novel for what feels like (and actually is) years now and at last the first draft is complete. I have come up with a title too... believe me even this small detail was agony.
Now having read it through once to ensure there are no major plot 'howlers' I will sit on it for a little while before I go back and read through it all again very critically. I am quite pleased with myself, to have written so much rubbish takes some staying power I can tell you!
When I think how much writing I've been paid to do over the years it blows my mind... yet this 'pure fiction' is a very different animal! Even if I never do anything with it I know I've created it and had the staying power to get there.
Working on other stuff at the same time...like everybody else, made me constantly want to escape back to the world of my own creating where I could play God! In this world at least I am omnipotent...or am I? If you've always fancied the idea of writing a story but never tried it - have a go...we all have a story to tell and it really does do amazing things to your self-esteem!
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