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WHAT HAS MY JOURNEY BEEN LIKE TO BECOME A BETTER WRITER | #AuthorProtagChallenge Day 6 . I don't know how to start this one. But I read a lot, like REALLY A LOT. For years I've been reading and reading how to write, and watching YouTube videos, and reading again, and watching, and reading... You get the picture. . And not that it's not important to read and to know the basics of novel structure, plotting, and outlining. But you really can't learn it just by reading. You have to start writing at some point. . I started with a great idea about a sci-fi novel. It was September 2017. I tried to outline it and be ready for #campnanowrimo but soon I got bored and when NaNoWriMo started I didn't want to write that novel anymore. . I also realized that sci-fi is not my genre. And maybe this was the main reason why I couldn't finish it. I realized that people are right when they say that you have to write what you like to read . I like to read many different genres. But never sci-fi. Never ever. I didn't know how to describe things and how to write a sci-fi novel because I haven't read one. I've watched movies. I love watching sci-fi movies but never reading a sci-fi novel. . So this was my first lesson - write what you read. Then I slowly started to realize what I have to do. Then I tried different outlining methods but nothing really worked for me except for the Snowflake method. . So this was my second lesson - not everything that is working for the others will work for me, too. . . . #writingchallenge #writerchallenge #writerschallenge #novelwriting #novelist #writingtips #writingtip #writinganovel #writingnovels #writingcommunityofinstagtam #authorlife #authorsoninstagram #authorcommunity #authorloop #writerlounge #writerlifestyle #writerlife #writerloop #writersgonnawrite #writergram #authorgram #writingabook #writingbooks #indie #indieartist #indieauthorsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BybtaqTAb9n/?igshid=1lmc54e00o4x

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OBSTACLES IN MY WRITING LIFE | #AuthorProtagChallenge Day 3 . This is going to be a really long post. . It's been 2 years since I decided to change the direction of my life and to start writing a book. A fiction book. I've written several books but they were all non-fiction and law-related since I am also a lawyer and a university professor. . And here comes the first obstacle - my full-time jobs. They are so time- and energy-consuming that there are days that I have no energy left to write. I also travel a lot because the university where I teach is in another town. . But these aren't the main obstacles in front of me. . I will be honest. I'm AFRAID. Phew, I said it🙂. I am afraid that my book won't be as good as I wanted it to be. I am afraid because English is my second language. I am afraid that... Well, I'm afraid of so many things. . And the fear is what draws me back. I am constantly procrastinating because of this. I know it's the worst thing I could ever do. I know there is nothing to be afraid of. But somewhere there in the deepest cell of my brain there is this grain of fear that I cannot erase. . For a year and a half I was wondering what exactly I want from my life. I was reading how to write and being afraid to do the only thing that can teach me how to write - WRITE. I was justifying myself with the work I have and everything else. . So to conclude, the main obstacles in my writing life are fear and self-doubt. I am fighting with them but there are still moments when I'm not very sure in myself. And this is not good, at all. . . . #authorprotagchallenge #writingchallenge #writerschallenge #writingcommunity #writers #writersofinstagram #igwriters #authorsofinstagram #writing #amwriting #wipjoy #letsdothis #writerwoman #writerlounge #writersblck #writersproblems #writersblok #writerscomunityofinstagram #writersgonnawrite #writerdream #writersofinstagram #writersofig #writers #writerscommunity #writerslife https://www.instagram.com/p/BySaUfvA5Yx/?igshid=1mfaw6gx9c5p5