Last time I posted about my book,
I said that I was trying to work towards the climax before the two year mark. Well, now a few months later, I have finally finished the first draft. I am so excited that I actually finished a book. Now it is in the editing stage.
Sometimes I like to go on Pinterest. I even have a board on writing - If I Were an Authoress. Through Pinterest, I found a blog from a writer named K. M. Weiland. Her blog, Helping Writers Become Authors , is an awesome resource for writers. I have learned a lot through her posts. When I finished the last chapter of my book, I wanted to find material on editing and getting a book published. While searching, I came upon posts from the writer I just mentioned. The posts were about character arcs. If you would like to know what a character arc is, you can go to her blog - https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/. I learned a lot from those posts, and I decided to go back in my book and focus on each of my main characters' character arcs. I wanted to make sure that I was making my characters come to life. At least, I hope I accomplished that. Completing their character arcs took some time, but I am glad I did it. Now I feel closer to my characters and I hope my future readers will too :).
As I wrote my book, I would edit as I wrote to get most of the spelling mistakes and grammar errors, so that helped some for the later editing stage. Finally, I realized that I needed to take a step back from The King's Heart so I could come back later with fresh eyes. Now I am having my dad read it for me. So far, he has given me really good feedback and advice. I can count on him to not be partial just because I wrote it. Every writer needs someone to read their book to give feedback and advice, I believe. Sometimes I wish it would go a little faster, but I know he has other things on his plate. Someday it will be edited as much as I can do myself, and I will be ready to send it off to a publisher.
Now, the hard part is finding a publisher. I never realized how much there went into it until I finished the first draft of my book. For all the bigger name publishers, I would need an agent. There is a publisher I had contacted a few years back, but I was no near finishing, so me and the agent I contacted stopped emailing. As I finished the first draft, I started looking into getting my book published in the hopeful near future, the publishing company I contacted came to mind. Please pray for me that the Lord will show me how to go about getting my book published. Also, if you have any advice about getting a book published, feel free to comment on the post. It would be much appreciated.😊
I am excited for what the Lord has in store for the next stage of The King's Heart in the LORD's Hands.
Keeping my heart while waiting for Him...
Elisabeth Kristine
