Dorothy

 

Welcome back!

Today, I’ll be sharing the Dorothy writing process and things you probably didn’t know about it.

 

Dorothy. Writing Dorothy gave me the fulfillment I’ve always wanted as a writer. Ideas kept running through my mind and I had a hard time trying to make it a short story. Dorothy could have been much longer but then it wouldn’t be a short story now, would it?

I kept overthinking, worried no one would read. I kept reading it over and over, editing again and again until I just returned it to its original version because it didn’t feel original again.

Consistency has always been a problem for me. I either give up on the way or just grow lazy. Dorothy makes me happy. It gives me hope that I’m capable of finishing something I started. It was a New Year Resolution and I’m happy it happened.

I was so close to dropping it in my archives because I was scared of rejection and failure. Dorothy is the first completed body of work I’ve put out there. Does anyone remember Unspoken Pain and Hidden Scars? Yeah, I gave up on it because I got lost on the way? I got so scared I tossed it into my archives.

Dorothy is a girl who has no belief in hope.

It is unrealistic to a fault, but that’s why I wrote it.  I’ve always focused too much on reality. I wanted Dorothy to be a book filled with hope; light hearted and filled with love. It’s also my excuse for writing about romance that’ll probably never happen to me.

I want a Jeremiah but I don’t have one.

If Dorothy can, why deny her of him?

Dorothy is not a perfect book. It’s far from perfect. But it’s my story and my work. I’m proud of me.

*Things you probably didn’t know*

-It was supposed to be shorter but I had ideas and I couldn’t let them slip away.

-I had heart palpitations while posting it

- Dorothy was only written at midnight

-Her reactions to the love notes were a projection of mine.

- I was confused as to who to use as the writer of the love notes; Kaleb or Jeremiah?

-the light tree is a tree where fireflies come to hang at night. It’s beautiful this time of the year

-Jeremiah is going to Ferd university too

- I might make Dorothy a series or trilogy.

-the love quotes are mineeeee

-Dorothy has no nationality

-Grace is a great writer, lol.

If you’ve read Dorothy and you loved it, please recommend to your friends, share and tell me what you loved about it. Maybe hearing about how good it is will inspire me to write another one idk.

Shoutout to my friends who I bothered over and over anytime I felt insecure about it. They reassured me and sometimes, that’s just what we need. Reassurance.

Thank you, Victoria, Tofunmi, Mercy, and Richard lmao.

Y’all are lifesavers.

I love you guys! Thank you for your support to this moment. Cheers to more beautiful stories!

Till next time,

Grace.