As someone who has been aiming towards a story that could potentially be published one day for the past 2.5 years, there’s NOTHING like the rush of starting the project…. And nothing like the pathetic slog of the middle. The reason for the slog? I never figured out the Why that endures and fuels my energy as I try to squeeze this in between my day job and weekend hustle. My original Why was “I want to do this because I want to be the kind of Creative that births a novely type thing so I can feel proud of myself!” I’m NOW realizing that I need a Why that transcends my ego and reaches for something much deeper. So I’m in THAT phase now! So as you potentially embark on your own novel journey, skip the slog and figure out your deeper Why first! If it turns out that you write because, well, you simply love to write, publishing be dammed, that’s a pretty good Why too!
As someone who has been aiming towards a story that could potentially be published one day for the past 2.5 years, there’s NOTHING like the rush of starting the project…. And nothing like the pathetic slog of the middle. The reason for the slog? I never figured out the Why that endures and fuels my energy as I try to squeeze this in between my day job and weekend hustle. My original Why was “I want to do this because I want to be the kind of Creative that births a novely type thing so I can feel proud of myself!” I’m NOW realizing that I need a Why that transcends my ego and reaches for something much deeper. So I’m in THAT phase now! So as you potentially embark on your own novel journey, skip the slog and figure out your deeper Why first! If it turns out that you write because, well, you simply love to write, publishing be dammed, that’s a pretty good Why too!