New writer

  And one day the girl with the books became the women writing them. 

Hey my Strawberries !!! I haven’t written an article in a long time but it was for a good reason. As you will understand, writing is one of my passions so my imagination and my creative mind allowed me to write a book. I started it in 2023 but I admit that I procrastinate a lot when I write my book, but this summer I finally finished it ! The name is ‘’ The Book of Mila ”, it’s the story of a young black ballerina who has to face several challenges before being able to play the main role in a performance that will take place in Paris. I would say that my book is a fictional drama but which deals with real life problems, especially the toxic environment that can be found in the dance for the black ballerinas. During the writing of my book I had to carry out several researches because despite the fact that I love ballet very much, I have never practiced professionally. I watched a lot of dance-related movies and series, documentaries, YouTube videos, etc…  Of course writing a book is not easy, I often doubted myself and I constantly think about what people would think about it, which led me to remove some page from my book for fear that some part of the story would be too long. But despite everything I finally self-published on Kindle. I had a lot of misfortune but it finally came out and honestly once it was done, I was more relief than anything else because by having procrastinate I really doubted the fact that I would publish it this year. But I did not give up thanks to the support of my family. And of course I have to give you some advice if you are also considering writing a book.   

1. 1. Don’t give up ! This is the first thing I have to advise you because it can be very easy to want to give up between the lack of inspiration when you are almost at the end, the fear of criticism and the fear of not writing well enough, there is really a lot that can stop you but it is important to remember that you must keep this promise that you made to yourself unconsciously when you start writing your book.  

2. 2. Have someone close to you read your book. Exposing your idea will give you an outside perspective, which is really useful before you expose your project to the world, but it will also allow you to keep your commitment to finish your book, as your loved ones wait for the book to be released.  

3. 3. Talk about your book on internet before you release it. Personally I waited just the moment when I finished writing it to talk about it on the networks, but if it was to be done again I would have talked about it before. As I said above, talking about it will help you to live up to your commitment. Talking about it on the networks in soon will also allow to find people who will be interested in your book even before its release.  

4. 4. Do some research about the topic of you will talk about in your book. It seems obvious but I think most of the time you think you know everything on the subject while there is always something to learn. I think it’s very important to do that so you can cover your subject better. As I said before, I do researched about ballet before writing about it and realized that there were many things I did not know.  

5. 5. Do not doubt your ability to write and do not put yourself under pressure to write the perfect story. You are more talented than you think, even if you have doubt. The pressure will only slow you down and may even prevent you from writing.  

6. 6. Not thinking about people it will also block you, you have to write as if it was only for you and you will be happier.  

7. 7. Write whenever you have an idea to not lose it. Use the application note or walk with your block note every day because this little idea will bring you back to write many pages. 

8. 8. Write about a topic you like, not a story to sell. Writing about a subject that you care about, will allow you to be more passionate by what you are writing because of course it is like in real life, if we talk about a topic that we like we always have something to say.   

9. 9. For the editons do not hesitate to take your time to look for a good publishing platform and a good editor who will understand the message behind your story. If you want to publish yourself on Kindle or another platform in self-publishing it’s very simple but once again take the time to look at several platforms. For my part I chose Kindle because it is also a platform that I use constantly. 

10. 10. See the experiences of other authors to know what to do.  I watched a lot of videos from authors who have self-published and it really allowed me to learn a lot and learning from people who have already had experiences like the one you are going to have is really important.   

That’s all for this week my strawberries and again do not stress, it is not because your book does not sell like J.K. Rowling books that means he’s not good, it just takes time before it becomes known. I will share more writing tips in the future. I hope you liked my article and I’ll see you next week for another one because yes I’m back !