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What Writing My Latest Novel Taught Me
Writing this novel taught me a lot.
It always surprises me when I write a novel because each one is so different, not just the story but the process that I go through to write it.
People often say to me, your so lucky to be able to do that – write a book. I do have to agree, I am lucky because I get to create roller coaster ride suspense/thrillers. But believe me there is no luck involved in writing a book. It’s not really about hard work but it is about focus and dedication. If you’re going to write a book, you have to be willing to put in the time.
Believe me they do not write themselves.
I set a crazy goal with writing Split Seconds. Initially I had set out to write 40 to 45,000 words by the end of November, which I didn’t meet. But I did write 42,202 words in 18 days. So I’m pretty happy with that. The best part is that I did achieve writing 55,000 words in 21 days. I think that’s a new record for me. I still didn’t hit the 18,000 words in a day (and probably won’t again – it just made me feel like my arm was about to fall off) but I am sure I have never written that many words – 55,000 – in that short of a time period.
Whew! It was a crazy amount of focus. Especially considering, I had quite a few other things going on at the same time. Life does not stop.
I’m not sure why I had told myself I wouldn’t do it again. I guess I figured that after being focused so much for three weeks, I’d be burnt out. Instead what I found was that I truly liked the focus and dedication that was able to do, day in and day out
Split Seconds is finished.
The great news is that book 5, which is actually book 3 in The Caspian Wine Series, is finished.
Read More Here: https://www.maggiethom.com/what-writi...
It always surprises me when I write a novel because each one is so different, not just the story but the process that I go through to write it.
People often say to me, your so lucky to be able to do that – write a book. I do have to agree, I am lucky because I get to create roller coaster ride suspense/thrillers. But believe me there is no luck involved in writing a book. It’s not really about hard work but it is about focus and dedication. If you’re going to write a book, you have to be willing to put in the time.
Believe me they do not write themselves.
I set a crazy goal with writing Split Seconds. Initially I had set out to write 40 to 45,000 words by the end of November, which I didn’t meet. But I did write 42,202 words in 18 days. So I’m pretty happy with that. The best part is that I did achieve writing 55,000 words in 21 days. I think that’s a new record for me. I still didn’t hit the 18,000 words in a day (and probably won’t again – it just made me feel like my arm was about to fall off) but I am sure I have never written that many words – 55,000 – in that short of a time period.
Whew! It was a crazy amount of focus. Especially considering, I had quite a few other things going on at the same time. Life does not stop.
I’m not sure why I had told myself I wouldn’t do it again. I guess I figured that after being focused so much for three weeks, I’d be burnt out. Instead what I found was that I truly liked the focus and dedication that was able to do, day in and day out
Split Seconds is finished.
The great news is that book 5, which is actually book 3 in The Caspian Wine Series, is finished.
Read More Here: https://www.maggiethom.com/what-writi...
