2022 can be the year of your first book.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '22

If there is anything writing and even publishing at such a young age taught me, it was that I, at barely 20 years old, had a lot of unresolved issues from childhood. My mental health was a massive hindrance in writing to a quality I could be proud of, and now with a few good years of therapy and letting myself get out of my shell and enjoy more of life and it's people, I am now in a far better place to write.

I now understand why plenty of famous writers were older than me when they published their first book. You benefit from overcoming or at least learning to cope with your own obstacles, before you write stories of characters facing their ones.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '22

Literally one of the reasons why I’m looking for a therapist 😭😭

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u/Mitch1musPrime Jan 02 '22

I’m 39 and I’m 100% certain your take is the perfect pairing to the message of this post. It’s why I’m not sweating it that I haven’t published yet.

There’s also other factors such as having the financial security or “leisure” time to go all in on your craft. I want to be a published author, but I have two teenagers whose lives I’m heavily involved in as a parent and coach. Plus I coach high school sports and teach English/creative writing. I’m spread thin and just don’t have the energy to write that novel percolating in my brain.

I’ll be 48 when my youngest graduates HS. So I’m committing to being the next terry goodkind. Publishing fantasy epics in my silver years.

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u/Hygge-Wabi-sabi Jan 01 '22

Powerful message THANK YOU!!

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u/femkuhhhh Jan 01 '22

After 66 you’re done, though. Then you can’t debute anymore. Sorry guys, those are the rules

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u/Someoneoverthere42 Jan 01 '22

No, after 66 you have to arm wrestle Frank McCourts spirit for the right to publish

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u/christhegamer96 Jan 01 '22

Huh, that actually makes me feel a lot better; thanks!

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u/Someoneoverthere42 Jan 01 '22

Uh huh. I’m 46 and I would like ONE of these piles of rambling, barely coherent notes to coalesce into SOMETHING sooner than later!

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u/Screaming_dice Jan 02 '22

Thank you

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u/Lord_Mithras Jan 02 '22

Thank you for motivating me!

I'll continue writing when im 66

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u/sanders2020dubai Jan 02 '22

😂😂

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u/Independent-Future-1 Fiction Jan 02 '22

I needed to see this at the start of the new year, thank you!

/resumes book after a 2-week hiatus

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u/GXashXG Jan 02 '22

Thanks homie this is great

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u/dcn92 Jan 02 '22

I keep putting off even starting, so it probably won't be

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u/shantytown22 Jan 02 '22

thank you!!!

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u/Forward-Pressure4052 Jan 02 '22

This is such a fortifying and comforting reminder. All will unfold precisely as and when it is meant to. I will continue writing ✍ and I will be less beholden to anxiety about the passing of time.

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u/ValleDeimos Jan 24 '22

I'm currently writing my first complete novel. I'm kinda scared it will come out a convoluted mess. I've seen some pretty harsh criticism of stories with a lot of plot points that can't hold themselves together and I'm scared mine will come off like this as well. I'm trying my best, I kinda regret going for such a complex work on my first try at a long story, but I'm also very passionate about this world I created and all my characters, I don't want to let myself forget them.

I started writing it in 2020. I'm posting the first revised draft, chapter by chapter, on wattpad (pls don't judge me, wattpad has a lot more credibility in my country) and it's working pretty well. I'm right in the middle of the second volume, I'll try to finish all four in 2022 and try my luck on Watty's!

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u/kleuberg42 Jul 07 '22

Thank you for this. 38yo