Every ending is another beginning
- Emily Weaver
- Jul 7, 2018
- 2 min read
I came up here to this mountaintop overlook months ago when I was struggling with how to begin my first novel.
I wasn't sure what to do. I had an idea, but I needed a plan... and, like it or not, I had started this journey without a solid road map. I knew my destination, but getting there was a different story.
I prayed and sat silently for a while.
I wanted to know where God was leading me. I needed direction. I wanted to know what to write, what to research, where to go, what to do and I wanted to get this done fast.
Silly girl. It didn't come overnight and it didn't happen fast.
Before I left, still seeking answers that wouldn't come for days or weeks or months later, I scribbled out the main messages I wanted to convey in my first novel. I eventually mapped out a storyline, developed my main characters and set a word goal at 55,000. Then, I tweaked the storyline, renamed some of those characters and bumped the word goal up to 60,000.
Three hundred pages and a little more than 70,000 words later, I came to the final chapter I had written about two months ago. I was done (or ready to edit) with those first messages I scribbled months ago still loud and clear in my first novel.
I did it!
By the grace of God, I did it!
I was ecstatic, grateful and relieved. A few months ago, I wasn't even sure how to begin and here I was on top of that mountain I didn't know how to climb.
I finished writing my novel on June 28 and I returned to the mountaintop that night to praise God for helping me reach a finish line that was so out of reach to me months ago.
I completed a colossal task that day, but the journey isn't over. Now, the path to editing and selling my book to a publisher begins.
Every ending is another beginning.
Check back with me as I keep you updated on my progress or follow me on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. #amwriting #EndTimes #Apocalypse #fiction #Books #BookLovers
Comments