Blogs give me anxiety

I know what you’re thinking, I might be in the wrong business –  but hear me out.

The hardest part of writing for me is to write. I always have ideas swimming around in my head but when I finally sit down to do it it’s like the blank page is challenging me to a duel. With my honor and intelligence at stake I pour out whatever words come to mind and the blank paper fights back. It throws those same words right back at me.

So I start over. I want my first page to be perfect. The words should be thought provoking, heartfelt, attention grabbing. It should make the reader wonder how they ever got through life without reading these magnificent words. It should be something simple yet moving. Instead I write my name and play with the different fonts and colors. I start to question why I thought I could ever be a writer.

At this point I’m sitting at my table like

 

Now is the time I need to tell myself to take a step back and give myself a break. I need to stop putting so much pressure on myself. This is the first time I’ve sat down to actually write a novel. So relax girl.

The truth is the first page is the scariest part of writing a novel.

Even if you know your characters inside and out, even if you’ve made bulletin boards of the outline with pictures, post-its and everything… it’s terrifying.

My dad always says that the hardest part of any journey you take is the first step. It’s completely cheesy but writing a book is like going on a journey: You travel to different places and times, you jump from one character to the next, seeing what they see, feeling what they feel.

Anyway, the best advice on how to tackle this is to push through it. Just write and keep writing. Oh and thank God for the backspace button.

So here it goes:

Once upon a time…….

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About Me

It took me about an hour to think of a username that hopefully captures what I want to accomplish.

          Wait, stop, calm down. Let me first introduce myself. My name is Fatima Khan, I’m 25 years old. I was born and raised in New York… which makes me really cool. I have a double bachelor’s in English and education. I moved to Atlanta 8 months ago when I got married. It’s been amazing so far mainly because my husband is an awesome guy. It’s amazing because I only want to kick him sometimes.

         Okay finally onto this blog. The reason I started this blog is because I want to write a book. Scary right? And even scarier is that I want to get the book I write published. So I did what everyone else in the world does I googled ‘how to publish a book’ and like everything else on google a lot of information came up. Everything from how to books to erotica.. um? Then I ended up watching funny videos… So anyway I decided to stop getting sucked into the internet and do some serious research.

         This blog is for newbie writers like myself looking for clear answers. Answers to help you write the book as well as get it published.

          I know what you’re thinking… both are really hard to accomplish. Writing a book isn’t a joke and can get really stressful. I’m thinking about making a schedule so I can accomplish something everyday.

          Best case scenario is a few years from now you will realize you read the first blog post ever of a successful author! ^_^