Author's Notes: Left Unspoken Re-writing

Hello there everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween holiday!

I haven't updated a chapter in months and I deeply apologize for that. I disappeared without notice. But here I am, back and alive, fully safe, in blood and flesh.

Now I am back, but I won't be updating chapters any soon. I have decided to stop writing this book as I reached Chapter 6 I think? Well, a chapter that isn't the middle of the book. I decided that the best would be for me to re-write 'Left Unspoken' and this time, with an outline.

Now please hear me out. Months ago when I was doing it, I was just going with the flow, with what came to mind. My goal was word count and updating. Not the quality, I valued quantity more. And no outline was present anywhere. But it is time I switch over and act like I say. I always say 'quality should always come over quantity' and I will do what I said.

I wrote a vague outline on what is going to happen. I did change some concepts and events, but you can still find many similarities in both stories (well when the second one exists). Now that I have my outline, I can finally start!

How long will this take me? Now writing a book takes most authors about six months to a year. That said, your timeline will depend on the length and genre of your book, as well as your day-to-day writing routine. The amount of research and outlining you do beforehand can also affect how long it takes for you to write a book. That means the book will take up to a year for me to write, maybe even more. It will be a novella, which is slightly shorter than a novel leading it to take me less time.

Let's not forget, I have school and exams and all sorts of stuff that can take my mind off writing. I have chores, a family and a life as well. I'm even still self-improving at art which is the thing I enjoy most doing, other than writing. I'm also a person that gets distracted really easily, and when I say really easily, I mean it. So, it is pretty clear that writing isn't the only thing I have on my table.

The process is not just writing words on a screen (or a paper if you may). First comes the outline, then the drafting, then the editing, the proofreading. And that only by myself. Then come all kinds of editing made by other people like developmental editing and copyediting. Aaaand, the COVER. In these case, do judge a book by its cover! There are other stuff you got to do to get it out and there. It is some handful.

Now, when I do eventually finish this big project, there's a huge probability I will publish it on amazon because why not? It's free and it shares by book world-wide! Anyways, I am really excited for this!!!

Notice that this change of events has a huge advantage for me; that I get to write at my own pace without having to worry about people waiting for the next chapter. Of course, there are many other advantages, but that one really gives my heart a break.

I really hope this did not upset you in any way. I will make sure to remember to keep giving you updates, both through the process and when it's published. I hope y'all stay tuned and don't forget to always place quality over quantity.