“Unlock Your Story: 5 Surprising Secrets Every Aspiring Novelist Must Know Before Penning Their Masterpiece!”
Have you ever found yourself daydreaming about writing a novel, indulging in a fantasy where your words swirl together to create a bestseller? Yeah, me too. For ages, I’ve believed that my destiny was to become a writer—noble dream, right? But if I had a dime for every time I proclaimed my authorial ambitions to unsuspecting adults with that eager glint in my eye, I’d have enough cash to self-publish a whole series by now! But as I’ve journeyed through life, I’ve realized that simply wishing to write a novel isn’t enough. There’s a world of difference between the dream of becoming a novelist and the arduous work of actually crafting one. So, are you really ready to pull the trigger and dive into the world of storytelling, or are you just stuck in that beautiful daydream? Let’s dig into the heart of the matter together! LEARN MORE.
Should you write a novel, or are you caught up in a dream?
Ever since I learned how to write and grownups started to ask the infamous “What do you want to be when you grow up” question, I always answered, “I want to become a writer”.
I always had a deep passion in my heart to become a writer, with the goal of publishing a novel someday, most probably like you, who is reading this piece right now.
Everyone has that ultimate dream they set for themselves to reach in their lifetime. That ultimate dream for me has always been writing and publishing my novel. It was my “thing” that everyone knew about me, and it remained that way for years.
But I noticed that over the years, I didn’t question my ideal in a logical sense. I didn’t explore the whys and hows, I just knew that I had to write a novel someday and that it was a lifegoal and my biggest mission and meaning in life.
I just went with it, going about my life with my dream as a novelist lingering in the background. Now that is as vague of a goal as it can get.
But as I started to get closer to the age where I expected myself to finally carve out a novel, I began to think about the hows and then got struck by reality.
