Little One’s book 3 months
By: Writerpoet Jamie
Tags: Writing, Grief And Loss, Hope, Baby

Little One’s book 3 months

Date: November 1, 2020 So yesterday I completed my 31 days of writing this month, bringing my total to 3 months of working on Little One’s book. That’s a record for me. I’ve already written for today, so now I’m working on it this month too. I’ve added it to my NaNo, and I have a goal, and hopefully I’ll surpass it, just like I did last year with a different story. There wasn’t many 12am writings as there was last month and that’s a relief. I’m still just writing as I go, and I had to even push myself to get some words a few times, but I’m really proud of myself for just staying dedicated to keep on writing this story every single day. There’s going to be a lot of editing needed on this story, and I’m surprised that I’m looking forward to it, when in other stories I didn’t think about it much, until this story. I still have the little glances of where this story could be headed, when I’m writing a piece, and I have to resist the urge to write down some notes. I might do that at a halfway mark, but time will tell. Despite not having a clear view of things, I’m finding it’s a bit enjoyable, and that’s a first for me, as I’m used to knowing where things are going and I usually end how I originally thought, but this story there’s a guessing game for me. It’s time to come up with a name for the story, as I had to make another different title for Ch4 now that I’m into November. Having a title will make it easier to just name the Chapter 1 etc, and not continue as Little One’s book. That is another thing, I always have a title and I stick with it, but again, this story doesn’t have one, yet. I’ll have to figure out if I want to make character mini bios at some point, again, normally have something before I start writing my stories. Currently, this is my longest story I’ve written in my life. Never dreamed I’d be writing a 31k book, and I’m still writing, and I know there’s plenty of edits in my future, so the story probably won’t even be this long by the time its ended, but still to see 31k for me is quite amazing. I do have the added encouragement because each chapter is only in short paragraphs and not my usual long ones, and that’s a relief to show my writing growth. I’m loving the idea and feeling more secure in knowing that I’ll actually have a completed book to add to my belt. That will be an amazing feeling once I write The End on this story. I’m amazed at my laser focus that I’ve had for 3, now 4, months straight on this story, every single day. I’ve reread Gone Too Soon, and I’m working to reread Angel’s Story. I’m hoping to start working on them again soon, or it might be after I finish this story, but since I don’t have an idea of when that’ll be, I want to work on these 2 stories as well at some point, to not get burnt out, but since I have an entirely different motivation to writing this particular story, I don’t see that happening any time soon, and I doubt my Little One would be happy with me if I did that, so I won’t let that happen. An entire new month of writing, I look forward to seeing what I’ve picked up by the end of this one.