With a little smile, I could tell who were truly aspiring authors, inching their way towards being ready to pitch or publish their novels.
They talked about working for years on writing their manuscript – four years, six years, eight years, some even longer.
We’ve all been there, especially when you have a story burning within you, but you’re not quite sure you’re a writer, not quite sure of the story, not quite sure you know what the hell you’re doing…
Many of these manuscripts will never see the light of day.
I don’t say this to be dismissive of the effort involved. It is hard work to martial thoughts together to create a tale which makes sense from beginning to end – not to mention a story which is rich and powerful with description and characters.
And if that story does nothing more than entertain the writer during the process of creation and it never sees the light of day, then it has served its purpose – a creative outlet has been explored.
But I can always tell who among those aspiring writers will get their manuscript over the finishing line without me having read a word of it.
They are the ones who never, ever say, ‘I wish I could find time for writing’.
These aspiring authors always find the time a week, even if it is just 15 minutes a day.
Yes there are times when it may be days, weeks, even months before pen hits paper (or fingers hit keyboard) but these should be either planned hiatuses or extenuating circumstances.
But for those writers for whom the passion burns bright will become authors.
In many respects writing a novel is like training for a marathon. It takes discipline and training.
Excuses don’t wash on the track, nor will they work for a writer — not if you’re serious about your novel.
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