LEJOG - Starting to write it up (finally)!!!!

It's happened, at long last. A couple of months have nearly passed up since I completed the legendary Land's End to John o'Groats bus excursion and now I'm all ready to write the whole thing into some readable format.

I think it just required myself to wind down a bit afterwards. Having now sifted through all the photos and scanned in all the bus tickets that were collected, I have finally got myself into the mindset of collating everything together and writing up as-detailed-as-I-can-remember accounts of what happened during the entire trip.

It does require however, an enormous amount of dedication and self-discipline. Which is why I'm limiting myself on my Facebook usage whilst I attempt to get everything written. In truth, FB is the only site I frequent on a regular basis via the internet nowadays (mainly due to its incredible diversity) and by cutting down on this I can hopefully focus and concentrate more on writing up the Land's End to John o'Groats adventure.

I have in the past made no secret of my lifelong ambition to be an aspiring writer and book author, and at long last I am feeling confident on finally getting ahead with commencing on this step. At the beginning of this year I said that I would at long last make an attempt into writing, and nearly 9 months since the year began, I have laid down all the foundations in order to proceed.

Writing a status update can take only a matter of seconds, writing a blog post generally takes about an hour (depending on the length and quality of the post in question), but writing a book takes a consider larger amount of time and effort, as I have already found out today.

The way I'm writng and putting things together, I reckon that I'm at present writing out one A4 page of text per hour, which given that the proposed book in question looks set to be nearly 100 pages in total, gives a clear indication of the task ahead of me. I don't seem to writing or recalling events in logical order either, seeing as I remember some bus journeys more vividly than others.

But perservere I will. I didn't give up travelling all the way from Land's End to John o'Groats, and I don't intend on giving up when it comes to writing up this account of my experience either.

And there you have it for now. As I have said, I am hopefully reducing my Facebook usage to once a week until further notice, but if you need to get hold of me somewhat urgently, then my e-mail address and phone number can be found on my profile.

I'll be letting you know of my writing progress with each and every passing week. Until then, be strong and don't let anything stand in the way of your own ambitions....