C.A. Larmer
You need to 'demystify' the novel, for want of a better term.
I can't tell you how many people (friends, fans, strangers...) have told me they are writing a novel. Yet very few ever tell me it's done. Often they have worked on it for years (decades even), they may be just a chapter or two away from the end. And yet it never, ever ends.
Why? I think because they almost can't believe they could pull it off. They almost can't believe they could be a published author, so they keep tinkering. Or they think it's bad and not worth finishing.
Just sit down and write. Then keep writing and writing, and when the story is told, just stop. Then get some help and get it published (or learn to DIY like I did). Then sit down and write an ever better book, because they do get better. You just have to finish one.
Writing a novel is no great mystery, and it can be a reality if you stop thinking it's beyond you.
I can't tell you how many people (friends, fans, strangers...) have told me they are writing a novel. Yet very few ever tell me it's done. Often they have worked on it for years (decades even), they may be just a chapter or two away from the end. And yet it never, ever ends.
Why? I think because they almost can't believe they could pull it off. They almost can't believe they could be a published author, so they keep tinkering. Or they think it's bad and not worth finishing.
Just sit down and write. Then keep writing and writing, and when the story is told, just stop. Then get some help and get it published (or learn to DIY like I did). Then sit down and write an ever better book, because they do get better. You just have to finish one.
Writing a novel is no great mystery, and it can be a reality if you stop thinking it's beyond you.
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