Taking Off

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. - Napolean Hill

I can't believe this is really happening. 

When I declared my project one and a half month ago, I was really not sure if I really meant to do it. Then followed a prolonged period of trying to figure out how I could possibly make it happen. As of today, I know it's indeed happening. 

The progress of my project

The breakthrough is I've finally come up with the idea of the content of the book. I now know that it's going to be a fictional depiction of Nepal's earthquake. Having said fictional, I don't mean I'm entirely making it up. In order to engage the readers, I must weave a story out of the whole earthquake experience because nobody might find it awesome to read 200 pages of descriptive essay on Nepal's earthquake. 

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Now I know the plot of the story. I know how the story begins and develops. I know how it ends. 

Even better news is that I've already started to write the manuscript. 

Because I don't think it's a good idea to post the whole manuscript on the blog, I have decided to write the whole story on google docs. I have chosen google docs over Microsoft Word so that I don't have to depend on my unreliable laptop. My favorite place to write is the library and I can use the desktops on the lab. Writing on desktop, I've found, is more physically comfortable than writing on laptop. So far, I've only gone a few pages. Because my aim is to get the complete manuscript drafted by the end of November 2015, I must write at least 10 pages daily. This way, I'll have 200 pages of the book in 20 days remaining of November. 30th of November is my birthday and it's going to be kind of a birthday present to myself. 

For quite sometime, adapting to the US life posed challenges. I could not focus on this highly demanding project for a lot of time. Maybe I slipped in time management. Maybe I was worried about a lot of things. Maybe I was not quite prepared for the enormity of this project. As a result, the project didn't take the leap it should have taken. 

Next to the keyboard lies a bulky book titled "Writer's Market 2016". Professor Szabo, who encouraged me to take this project, recommended me to consult this book in order to understand how I may contact the publisher(s) in the United States. I've slightly looked into the book and I believe it really is going to be of help. Professor has trusted me and has been counting on me. This is really a big drive for me to get the project accomplished. 

This is going to be a life-changing experience writing the book and getting it published and thus making an impact.