starting my new novel

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By Enlydia Listener


turning the negative into a novel

So a number of things happened that triggered my creative mind. I haven't been motivated to attempt another novel for years. The last one I wrote, took over two years to research and write. And after over ten years that novel is still in notebook form.

I think it was reading about mind control victims, and having recently experienced an anxiety attack that left me jobless...and of course the random messages. (see other hubs) http://hubpages.com/hub/My-Diversions-As-One-of-the-Unemployed    Of course watching hours of real life murder mysteries helped. These unique events somehow became a story line. Not really about me...but about a person who begins having anxiety attacks...and without understanding the dynamics of what she is processing begins to do something very compulsive that doesn't make sense to her.

I have written 20 pages...it is beginning again. The need to create a story...I know my writing is not brilliant....but the story line is.

I plan to call this novel, Random Messages.

I began working it through my mind and then had to write. In the past I was afraid to put anything on paper. I hate to start and stop. I hate wasting time or failing. I didn't allow myself to try again. But I feel motivated again.

I have always been impressed with writers. Authors seem to have the ability to create money from nothing but their imagination.

Maybe when I have gotten a little farther....and maybe more confident, I will post a chapter or two on here to see if it has an potential. After all, you are all writers....you can tell me if it has any promise.

 

 

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RGraf profile image

RGraf  says:
13 months ago

Good luck!!!!!

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vitaeb  says:
13 months ago

Enlydia, in the past, I've known these feelings well. Writing takes a great deal of effort, energy, and concentration. Write only if you are having pleasure doing it. Worst mistake is to worry over how well you are writing, how well your writing will succeed with readers, etc. Just write for your own pleasure. I've written and published a few novels, and have a small loyal readership with whom my stories resonate. And that is enough kudos for me. One trick that helps me a lot is this: I tell my story to only one person. I have in mind my secret sharer. I don't try to write to a broad audience as if I were broadcasting. This way, what I have to say comes across in a personal way. After all, only one person is there reading my book. My voice is in her ear. So, tell me your story. Trust that I am interested. Speak to me as if I were your best friend, and we are sitting across from each other in your kitchen over a cup of tea or coffee. This is the way I overcome the worries one might have about quality of the writing, how well the story will be received, etc. Hope these ideas encourage you to continue with your project.

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Enlydia Listener  says:
13 months ago

that was very good advice...I think you are right....if I broadcast now...the response might be so negative that I will stop before I have really started. I already know that the 20 pages need tweaked, but I have to put it down anyway, until I am ready for writing "perfectly"....thanks for responding....I think you will be very helpful......by the way I have been looking at the numerology chapters you have been sending me...need to sit down one day and use all the material to figure myself out....blessings En Lydia

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