Writing is an exciting, challenging, terrifying, and liberating experience. It calls from within us, seeking the very best of our creativity and passion, requiring 100% effort on every page. And, when it’s been given our absolute best, it asks for more in the form of editing and refinement of the works that have been labored over for countless hours. In the end, as we peer into a completed project, it fills us with incredible pride and allows us to float on the ether of accomplishment for a few moments before we return to reality.
But, it takes an immeasurable amount of work and a willingness to receive and utilize advice to get to that point. At Jabari & Jaser, we’re here to help. Our goal, over the next few articles, is to help guide you along in the process of creating and fleshing out your characters, evolving your story, and tying all the pieces together to make a completed project you can be proud of. It’s up to you to come up with the ideas and to do the writing, but we have a few questions to ask you that will help guide you along the way. If you can answer these questions and put your answers into your writing, you’ll be amazed at how easily your manuscript can come together.
This is an exciting opportunity. Many people say they’re writing a book, whereas very few can honestly say they’ve finished one. Are you ready to go from “in the process” to “published”? In the famous words of Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” If you haven’t already, now’s the time to make your move. The first step is both the easiest and the most challenging step of the journey: write. Put pen to paper or fingers to keys. Just do yourself a favor; sit down, stop saying you’ll get to it, and get to it!
Look for more articles in our “On Writing Action Adventure” series to help you along your writing journey—coming soon!
By KLM
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