R.T. Cole
From concept to finish, it took me 16 years to write my 1st book. Lots of factors went into that long delay, which I won't bore you with, but needless to say, the time it took me to write the book, from starting Chapter 1 to finishing the final chapter, it took me a little over a year.
My advice is simple: Don't stress about everything. Just start the book and finish it. Worry about everything else later, because it'll come easier to you if you take stress out of the equation. I spent years focusing on the world-building of my series, and jotting down pages and pages of notes, that I began to lose sight of the story itself; until one day I just said, "Forget it, I have enough notes, I'm starting the damn thing and seeing where it goes!"
My advice is simple: Don't stress about everything. Just start the book and finish it. Worry about everything else later, because it'll come easier to you if you take stress out of the equation. I spent years focusing on the world-building of my series, and jotting down pages and pages of notes, that I began to lose sight of the story itself; until one day I just said, "Forget it, I have enough notes, I'm starting the damn thing and seeing where it goes!"
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