We're almost at the halfway mark for National Novel Writing Month. I've been reading a healthy amount of criticism for the project, but as a writer I'm finding it not only challenging, but quite the learning experience.
The thing is, it's not supposed to be this wonderful, complete, ready to publish novel when you get done. Instead I believe the point of it all is to just get people writing, being creative and seeing what the possibilities are if you put your shoulder to the wheel.
My grandfather Neal Jacobsen, came to America from Denmark when he was 11. His mother, who was very poor, had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the city of Aalborg in the early 1900s. The church offered a program where they would take children and send them to America where they would live with families from the church. It offered the children an opportunity for a better life, and Neal's mother chose to send Neal, along with his sisters Mary and Ove to America.
My grandpa was given to a family named Hillyard who lived halfway between Smithfield and Richmond in Cache Valley, Utah.
It is from his personal history that I am basing my novel. It is not about him, but I have taken some of his experiences and given them to my main character. It's a wonderful, and fun, experience for me to write this book. I am looking forward to November 30th!
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Sounds like it will be an interesting and meaningful experience for you. Can't wait to read your novel!
That is so cool! I hope you'll let me read it.
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