I finished the first draft of my book. I’m looking at those words right now, I just wrote them, and I still can’t believe it’s real. About 9 months ago I decided to write a book, I said it out loud to make it real. But I was never sure if I would actually be able to do it.
I celebrated the milestone the day it happened on my twitter. But it deserves its own post here too. A place where I can easily come back to if I need to remind myself of this journey.
I’ve been sharing some of the process right here on the blog. I talked about those first days, where my daily goal was to write 250 words and I struggled with it. How It has hard to establish a routine of writing every day on those first weeks.
I let everybody know when I got to 5,000 words written, back in February. It was a big milestone for me, back then. Then Covid-19 hit, and I spent at least two months without writing.
I remember clearly the day I realized finishing a first draft was possible. After I participated in #100wordsofsummer and wrote close to 20,000 words in two weeks, I felt like it was just a matter of keeping that energy up until I finished writing. I did. From then on I wrote 1000 words every day, no matter what.
Today I have a file with over 80k words. It’s not a book yet. I know that. I started revising it yesterday, and I already rewrote most of the first chapter. It will go trough at least one whole rewrite, some editing. Not to mention finding a cover, designing it, promoting it.
There’s still a lot left to do. But I’m excited about every step of the way. I’m learning every day, not only about writing but also about the publishing process as a whole.
As much as I wish everything was done and I could finally share this work with the world, I’m also enjoying the process. It may take longer, but when the book finally gets to you, I want it to be the best version of it.
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