"If a story is in you, it has to come out."
~William Faulkner
I
started this blog as a way to document my ups and downs as an aspiring
novelist, and, as I recently hit a milestone in my journey as a writer, I
thought it was only appropriate to document it here.
This last week (though by now many weeks ago) I finished writing the first part of my book.
Now
this really isn't a big deal, because the book isn't long finished, and
for all I know it could still be a while before that actually happens
seeing as I'm heading off to college in a few short weeks. (At this time only a few days...)
But holy crap! I'm finally getting somewhere! The pages are finally coming into their order! The story is officially on its way!
This journey that I embarked on in my grade seven English class is finally taking me somewhere. And this, this wonderful sensation, has me writing more ferociously than ever before.
I just can't waste any more time procrastinating. I have to know where this is taking me! I have to keep writing. I can't stand still anymore! This is my life. This is my journey. My odyssey.
Through
all the frustrations, all the times that life gets in the way, I will
never cease to find my way back to these pages. These pages are my
story. The ink is in my fingers. These words are the life inside my
soul.
Nothing can take them from me.
