Write That Book👍

Precious Ekeruo
3 min readMay 30, 2022

I have always wanted to write a novel one day and that day has come, I have been putting it off and making excuses🤦‍♀️ to not reach that goal, but I am done doing that. I am done procrastinating it. I am ready to get to know the characters and explore with them. But above all, I am scared, that I can’t do it. That it might not come out the way that I want it to. I am scared to fail, but I am ready to accept whatever it may be, be it failure or success. In the end, I will learn and I will do better.

These past few days, I have been getting to map out my characters, their life, past and future, the kind of individuals they are, their struggles, and insecurities.

I have started a chapter, and it is not easy. I realized my attention span is so short, and distractions everywhere. I have too many ideas, that I feel like I could vomit them all up and it overwhelms me. Though I am not rushing the whole process, I am taking my time and enjoying the process. I am not just writing a book to publish it and become an author, I am writing a book that I want, to impact people. I am kind of scared of what everyone will say about my book, would they love the ending, will they love or dislike any of my characters, or what exactly will they say.😢😢 But who cares right?🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

When I think about all of these questions though, I am almost tempted to say fuck it and leave it, but this story has been calling me for a while now. I will say fuck it and write it.

If you ever start writing a novel, don't think about what people will think, write the story for you, cause that's what I am about to do. and don't think about what happens next after you write the story. Write it first.👌👌

In conclusion, writing is hard, takes all of our imagination, thinking and creativity to bring out a masterpiece. I am realizing that now, there is a difference between actually thinking about a story and writing a story. I will definitely mind how i criticize a book, cause it is not easy, if your book is out there, whether it is trash or not, you did good? You just learn to be better and better. But whatever you are doing, your best is all you need.🤩😉

#Write That Story

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