My Reflections on Writing a Novel

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“The Rebellion of Haruhi Suzumiya.” It was a novel of revolutions, a narrative of uprisings; a paperback of friendship, and, of course, a story of romance. This book was the first that I have ever completed, as I have always given up due to one reason: inspiration. As time passed by, I realized that writing this novel would be a great challenge, as it took me a while before the inspiration for writing came to me. In fact, once it finally arrived at my doorstep, inspiration began to overwhelm me to the point that I felt the emotions of the characters; I understood their viewpoints. Though, this lack of inspiration eventually led me to procrastinate, my largest problem yet; procrastination got the better of me, and it overtook many others as well.
Writing a novel was much more challenging than expected. I figured that I could get this done within a week, but I soon understood that this was not easy. The sarcastic, yet understanding Kyon gets to understand the hard-headed, eccentric Haruhi. A simple task to write about, am I not right? However, I also had to keep in mind the side chara...

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