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Q&A Should I write my novel?

Mercy, yes. If the story is burning to be told, yes. If you enjoy the craft of writing, yes. If you love reading over what you've written, yes. If you like the world you've created and the people y...

posted 10y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T12:00:26Z (about 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:52:40Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T03:52:40Z (about 5 years ago)
Mercy, yes. If the story is burning to be told, yes. If you enjoy the craft of writing, yes. If you love reading over what you've written, yes. If you like the world you've created and the people you've put in it, yes.

"Later" you'll still have a job and your daughter will be demanding in a different way and life will always, always suck up your available time like chaos and goldfish. There will never be a perfect "later" when you can sit down and just work on this. So do it now. And do it later. And do it in little bits all in between.

Yes, yes, yes. Write your novel.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-11-13T21:44:30Z (about 10 years ago)
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