Each word jumps off the page and stares at me square in the face. Chapter One is finished. After rereading it 5987713257894456121687324 times I'm not sure if it's even good. When I read the pages it feels like someone else wrote the words.
Stealing something inside of me each and every time he entered my body, I was emotionless and immobile. A limp wet noodle I laid there. I closed my eyes with hopes he would think I was sleeping every night and would leave. No such luck. He was a demon that haunted me in my dreams and my reality. There was no escaping him and no regaining the little girl that he stole from me.
There is no longer any emotion attached to those words. I am free of them. Cemented into the page they no longer are able to damage me.
Now where do I go from here? There's still so much more to write that I'm feeling overwhelmed. Where do I go next? How am I going to show the reader how I felt instead of telling them?
This is so much harder than I thought it would be, but I'm trucking on. Writing until my fingers fall off.
Protest Schmotest
2 days ago
5 comments:
I relate...
keep writing. write what you feel. you don't have to write your book in the order you want it to be... write, write, write. put it all together at the end. just a suggestion, from someone who has NEVER written a book. (: good luck friend.
I'm doing the same thing. I just write and write. I call it word vomit, and later on I amgoing to go back and tweak it.
I tried to write a novel once. Granted, my novel was based in science fiction rather than something personal, but I would say the one thing that helped was planning. I have pages and pages of outlines, scene diagrams, bits of dialogue, etc. Obviously it's difficult to plan if you're unsure of the direction of your words, but maybe you should sit down and try. You might find that trying to focus your thoughts will show you what you'd like to say. From there, a steady writing routine is essential. The important thing is to keep going. Never doubt your ability to finish, because that just makes it harder.
...i can't wait to read your book. and don't doubt- JUST WRITE!! you HAVE got it all in you, it's just a matter of tapping into it.
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