Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Of Every 100 Novels, Only 3 Are Finished

You can be one of the three!

It takes effort, desire, persistence and commitment.

If you have a lot of other responsibilities it can require extra patience in allocating time.

But you can do it. How? By continuing to write. Just keep going.

You have an idea. You have the plot. Your characters are growing and turning into real people.

Begin.

You can always edit or change things. You can start with a chapter but decide there was more to tell before that and change it to chapter 2. You can scrap the whole chapter and restart.

No matter what you do, continue writing. You will always make progress. Even if you cut things out, you will have learned what you didn't want, learned more about what your characters would do or say. You will have gained skill through practicing your craft.

A novel is built one sentence at a time. Enjoy writing. Enjoy learning about your characters and envisioning them in their situations.

Try. Start. Go. Begin.

If you just keep pushing, you will  be one of the the three who finish.

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