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The Death of 43,000 Words of My Manuscript
The story of how I lost many months of hard work
To some, this might seem like an immaterial loss. But to me, losing something in which I put my blood and sweat is a huge catastrophe. Let me tell you the story of how I lost 43,000 words of my manuscript. This is the story of the death and resurrection of my work-in-progress.
Conceiving the idea of my manuscript and a few hurdles
I perceived the idea for my second full-fledged novel, Bid Time a Goodbye, in late 2016. I outlined this ambitious time-travel romance and started working on it. I got married in December 2016. So the project came to a standstill, but I restarted it after a month or so. I finished writing a whopping ten chapters by mid-2017. Managing a full-time job and a household left little time for me to write. But I made proper use of my weekends.
I was truly happy with how the manuscript was turning out. However, I stopped it midway, because I didn’t know how to go forward with the story. So, I created a chapter-wise outline that detailed all the scenes. I am still thankful that I did this step…
