That's very true, a first novel feels like a unique kind of home, and whatever happens down the line I'll be glad that I've spent some time there. Whether it reaches other readers or not, it will always be a home to me. In fact, it's a home I'll be returning to as soon as I've finished typing this reply.
Best of luck with your work on your own childhood novel. Hopefully in the process of figuring it out you'll find it always has more things to teach you, that's been my experience at least.
Excellent - every childhood novel needs a prologue (I know this because I must have started writing a new one every week as a kid and none of them made it past the prologue stage, some of them didn't even make it past a sketch of the front cover. Maybe a rough map if I was feeling particularly fantastical. I don't even think I kept those brief attempts which is a shame, they'd be nice to look back on).
I'm in the exact same boat, working on my childhood novel. I'm still figuring it out, but returning to it always feels like coming home
That's very true, a first novel feels like a unique kind of home, and whatever happens down the line I'll be glad that I've spent some time there. Whether it reaches other readers or not, it will always be a home to me. In fact, it's a home I'll be returning to as soon as I've finished typing this reply.
Best of luck with your work on your own childhood novel. Hopefully in the process of figuring it out you'll find it always has more things to teach you, that's been my experience at least.
You inspired me to put the prologue on my own substack haha
Excellent - every childhood novel needs a prologue (I know this because I must have started writing a new one every week as a kid and none of them made it past the prologue stage, some of them didn't even make it past a sketch of the front cover. Maybe a rough map if I was feeling particularly fantastical. I don't even think I kept those brief attempts which is a shame, they'd be nice to look back on).