I finished the first five chapters of my book!

Congrats on getting so far along in your new book. Sometimes a busted computer is just what a writer needs to start writing, huh? lol I know it helps me to get work done on my novel. I'm currently sitting at about chapter 18 of what will be a 20 chapter novel, the trouble is, I'm only halfway through the story I want to tell in the first book (it's a trilogy) so I have no idea what I am going to do.. probably write until I hit 36 chapters and then start editing it back down until it's the right size for what I want. This particular book has taken me... forever. I have been working on it, from first deciding I wanted to write it to where I am now, for at least 8 years now. It's a hard road, and I have left it without working on it for literal months to a year or more at a time, but I love the story and am determined I will get it finished one day. I'll sometimes add roughly 50 to 100 words to it, just to keep it moving along. I do have another story that I wrote, just over 80,000 words, that I wrote in under a month years ago - back when I could literally eat, sleep and write. Before I had other things I had to get done. Now my pace is slow and steady, but I'll make it. Hope you make it too, good luck!

Congratulations to you! Well done! I'm still working on a book...but it's still in my head. Some day I'll get it on paper. :) Keep up the great work!

Hi, Congrats to you. It is great to hear that you are writing book and you are going that far. I never write book before because my English language is not good. I wish you all the best and I hope you will finish your book soon.

Hmmmmm......sounds like it WAS a good thing that the charger quit working...ha! Anyway, I think it's great that you were able to be so productive on your book while you had the chance. Back in 1971, I got real ambitious and started writing a story in a notebook I had with me while I was on a family trip to Massachusetts. Watching a movie was what inspired me to write it. It was an old western. Actually, it turned out to be pretty much the same story as what the movie was...hahaha. Anyway, my step-grandmother had read what I had written (and I didn't even know that she had) and she said that she really liked it. Well, that ruined it for me because I didn't want anyone to read it until after I was finished with it. Well, needless to say, I did not finish writing the story. Anyway, back to you....Congratulations on your first chapter and hope that many more will make it to your paper!

Congrats. Writing five chapters can be difficult. Well getting one done can really be a huge task to take on. I'm working on several short stories and a screenplay at the moment. The only problem I'm facing right now is procrastination. And I think that's mostly due to writer's block. But I haven't given up. I'm just waiting on a few ideas that haven't quite reached me yet, lol.