I wrote my first draft in a week (it made me physically ill)

Why I did it, how I did it and what's next

I’ve been working on a book—my first time doing such a thing—for the better part of this year. I have, and I can’t stress this enough, no idea what I’m doing. The little information I’ve gathered was found on the other side of a quick Google search, I’ve never set foot in a creative writing class, and I am yet to read Stephen King’s On Writing.

When I s…