Another really enlightening post, and it was interesting to hear about your backstory a bit and how you got started with writing. Congrats on the next book, and I'll have to wait for the English version, my Montenegrin is a bit rusty 😂
I haven't lost the joy of writing, even though my first book (non-fiction, published last summer) has been a somewhat frustrating experience. The trouble I need to overcome is avoiding all the endless distractions and just sitting down to write. I wrote my first novel last November (the first draft, it needs a lot of work) and am going to serialise it soon. I really enjoyed that process. But now I get so distracted and caught up in marketing, social media, how to make this into a living that it's hard to block all that out and just write. I know there are techniques and I need to be disciplined, but it's just challenging. I'm working at it :)
You don't have to be disciplined if you don't want to or if it doesn't suit your mindset and lifestyle. I really believe that. I couldn't imagine myself as one of those authors who write a novel every year. It's simply not me.
But if the obsession is there, and the desire to write it down is there, you'll get it done. They say 1000 words per day - sure, great. But if you write a page per day, by the end of the year, you'll have a book of 365 pages. If you write half a page per day, you'll have such a book every 2 years. I think that's a great way to go.
Another really enlightening post, and it was interesting to hear about your backstory a bit and how you got started with writing. Congrats on the next book, and I'll have to wait for the English version, my Montenegrin is a bit rusty 😂
I haven't lost the joy of writing, even though my first book (non-fiction, published last summer) has been a somewhat frustrating experience. The trouble I need to overcome is avoiding all the endless distractions and just sitting down to write. I wrote my first novel last November (the first draft, it needs a lot of work) and am going to serialise it soon. I really enjoyed that process. But now I get so distracted and caught up in marketing, social media, how to make this into a living that it's hard to block all that out and just write. I know there are techniques and I need to be disciplined, but it's just challenging. I'm working at it :)
You don't have to be disciplined if you don't want to or if it doesn't suit your mindset and lifestyle. I really believe that. I couldn't imagine myself as one of those authors who write a novel every year. It's simply not me.
But if the obsession is there, and the desire to write it down is there, you'll get it done. They say 1000 words per day - sure, great. But if you write a page per day, by the end of the year, you'll have a book of 365 pages. If you write half a page per day, you'll have such a book every 2 years. I think that's a great way to go.