To move on

My trusted advisor said to me, "You must kill the ideas, that is, to put behind things that you have developed and made your own, by writing a book." Yes, I have done a bit of living over the past 43 years, and have a few ideas that I embrace and would like to share with others. The ongoing thoughts and ideas, I now share in this blog. But those ideas that took me years to come to, some professional, some personal,which might help some people, especially young people, who are going through certain difficult experiences in life, the best way possible to do that while continuing on with my professional development, may be to write books.

My buddy has been encouraging me to write a book for over a year now. And as things got crazy over the past month, it is beginning to seem more of a practical solution than something noble to do. It would allow me to move on.

To move on! Sounds so exciting, so thrilling!

Comments

[Miguel Arboleda]

Hi Fujiko,

I finished my first full-length book a year ago and am now trying to get it published somewhere. The one piece of advice I can give you is, "Do it!" That's all that you need to know, really, in order to get it down on paper. All the technical stuff, all the cleaning up of plot or organization can come later. Sit down, day-by-day, and write as much as you can, even if it is only one sentence, but write. Every time you find a way to procrastinate by talking about what you want to write is time you have lost from the actual writing. Write, go for a long walk, come back, and write again, until the book is done.

So many people talk about wanting to write a book, but the difference in who is a writer and who is not is that one person actually finished a book and the other only dreams of it. It would be wonderful to see you get a book out.

You can do it! If you ever need another writer to just complain to or voice ideas to, I'd be glad to listen. Writing a book is not easy and at times you will wonder why in the world you ever started, but it's really worth it.