{"id":5977,"date":"2023-05-22T10:01:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/?p=5977"},"modified":"2023-05-22T10:04:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:04:59","slug":"keeping-it-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/writing\/keeping-it-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping It Real"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m a writer, meaning I write every weekday and sometimes on weekends. I work on novels which tend to take a while to create. My latest first draft took 5 months to write, but before that, it took decades to figure out how to write a book. And will I ever publish my latest one? I don\u2019t know. That doesn\u2019t really matter.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what I want to say. I\u2019m just one writer, and my truth may not apply to anyone else, but I\u2019m going to keep on writing novels. I like doing it. It makes me happy. When I find just the right wording for a thought or description, I feel this deep satisfaction, and when a whole novel of those right words comes together, I\u2019m like, yeah. That\u2019s it. That\u2019s me. That\u2019s what I can do.\u00a0<\/p>\n

My writing has the potential to connect with other people through publication, but even when it doesn\u2019t, it enriches my life and makes me a more thoughtful, considerate person.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure if you read my blog because we\u2019re friends in real life, or you\u2019re a fellow writer, or you\u2019ve liked one of my young adult novels, but in any case, I\u2019d like to encourage you to focus on your art. I think that\u2019s the way to make a kinder community. Art can be small. It can exist in a moment. It can be taking a chance to smile at a stranger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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