This is the one question that has haunted me and held me prisoner for so long.
What if my book is terrible? What if my protagonist is not like-able? What if I offend a reader? What if I'm not good enough a writer? What if no one reads my book? What if readers hate it?
What if I fail?
I love my characters, feel deeply for them. I desperately want to see my protagonist find herself, find love and find happiness. And, I am hoping that is conveyed in her story, that readers care about her enough to want the same things. But, what if readers don't get her, and worse, don't like her?
This story also deals with some very real issues, some real social injustices out there brought about by institutions shrouded in the purpose of personal growth and achievement, but in reality, lay way to prejudice and insecurity. What if I offend?
With beginning this blog and putting myself out there for people to finally find, I have come to the only conclusion one can, and that is to try.
If I don't try...
if I don't finish...
if I don't let others read my story...
I'll never know.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
on my way
So, I've started this blog.
But, more importantly, I've begun down this road. I am writing a story; to me, it will always be a novel. Whether anyone but my own family and friends ever read it, it will still always be this novel I wrote.
And, so... I've started this blog.
Whether anyone but my husband and I ever read this blog, it will be here to follow me through this journey.
These characters have lived in my head for so long, and breathing life into them by writing their story fulfills a nagging demand that resides in my soul.
My story is most accurately a YA romance, coming of age tale that follows a girl searching to know herself. Likewise, my blog will follow her author searching to know herself in this new identity as writer.
That doesn't seem accurate, though; I've been a writer my entire "able to hold a pencil" life. It's now author with which I seek to identify myself.
Writing this story has been one of the greatest joys of my life, but it has also brought about some of my greatest fears. It's here that I will share the steps I take in this journey... the ups and the downs, the highs and the lows, the triumphs and the failures.
So, I'd be so honored for you to share this journey with me. Please stop by regularly and leave your words... words of encouragement, words of wisdom or just to say hello.
But, more importantly, I've begun down this road. I am writing a story; to me, it will always be a novel. Whether anyone but my own family and friends ever read it, it will still always be this novel I wrote.
And, so... I've started this blog.
Whether anyone but my husband and I ever read this blog, it will be here to follow me through this journey.
These characters have lived in my head for so long, and breathing life into them by writing their story fulfills a nagging demand that resides in my soul.
My story is most accurately a YA romance, coming of age tale that follows a girl searching to know herself. Likewise, my blog will follow her author searching to know herself in this new identity as writer.
That doesn't seem accurate, though; I've been a writer my entire "able to hold a pencil" life. It's now author with which I seek to identify myself.
Writing this story has been one of the greatest joys of my life, but it has also brought about some of my greatest fears. It's here that I will share the steps I take in this journey... the ups and the downs, the highs and the lows, the triumphs and the failures.
So, I'd be so honored for you to share this journey with me. Please stop by regularly and leave your words... words of encouragement, words of wisdom or just to say hello.
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