May 2016 – The Thoughts of a writer

Tuesday 24th May 2016

So, after many many years of keeping all the work i do completely private i finally started airing it out to a couple of people for feedback now i’m coming close to the end of completion. This is where my nerves started to wrack up because if this turned out to be completely shoddy and not as good as i thought it was going to be then i’d completely wasted years of my life thinking that i might actually have a chance at being an author.

Well…first i edited and printed 4 chapters off for my mother to read (she’s not a reader) but completely fell in love with the story which gave me a huge confidence boost. The best one though was what i’ve just received from my Aunt who i sent part of the manuscript to a couple of weeks back and, because i hadn’t heard from her, i thought she’d just thrown it to the side because it was completely unreadable…was i wrong yet again!

This was the feedback i got from her:

Hi ya. I’ve posted to you today your draft which I’ve read and scribbled amends on so should get tomorrow. Wanted to say it’s a fab read and totally amazed how good you are for someone so young ..giggled at some of the swear words but I was hooked and can’t wait for the next read …well done you ..I’m very proud xx

This just absolutely just made my writing career so far and was definitely worth the persistence of pushing myself to get things done!

So i guess all i’m trying to say is, as with anything in life, if it feels right, then it most probably if right.

Friday 20th May 2016

Hell it’s been nearly a month since i’ve last written a post on here, but don’t worry it hasn’t been any less productive. There’s been a lot of writing and a lot of editing going on as we fly into the ending point.

I’ve been getting the first 3 chapters together so i can start sending my work to agents and that’s been an extremely exciting part, especially since my mum (who might i add isn’t a reader) has read through them and enjoyed them so much that she keeps pestering me to edit some more chapters so she can indulge herself again. This most definitely gave me the biggest boost of confidence i could wish for.

Yesterday i had a full 6-7 hours to myself in the day and this resulted in endless amounts of Mumford and Sons and getting around 10,000 words drafted down…that’s got to be a record for me with this novel.

Anyway there’s not really much else that can be updated except for life is good and i’m highly optimistic, maybe 2016 will actually be my year!

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