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Personal Narrative-Gone Ambulance Girl Gone
Gone, Ambulance Girl, Gone
Alright, this is going to be a blog post like no other. Usually you will not find me sharing details about my life because I am a very private person. I’m just leading a very quiet and simple life so there is not that much to share if I feel that I just must put this out there.
I’m writing a book. Well actually I am writing two – one about my experiences as a paramedic and the other is fictional but I’m referring to the first one here. The working title is Ambulance Girl. I have been writing this book for almost ten years. Yes that’s right ten freaking years. The stage I am at now is basically a rewrite because the book is complete at around 40,000 words. However because I have grown as a writer I am now better able …show more content…
It’s not because the material or grammar is bad and it has nothing to do with my creative spirit. I literally cannot continue because what I am writing about is just so incredibly painful.
The chapter is about a partner that I had named Vincent. We worked together for quite a well and I have never had a better partner since. He is just an incredibly kind, sweet young. I’m breaking all the writing rules today so I can say this – he didn’t have a bad bone in his body. While we were working together Vincent died in a terrible and tragic way and I don’t think I ever managed to get over it.
I’ll be honest – even though some of the events that I refer to in my book are more than a decade old, I still find them tugging at my heart. But the chapter about Vincent is holding up my whole book. Even as I am writing this now I feel the tears prickling up behind my eyes. I know I could skip it and come back at a later stage but when I consider this I feel guilty – as if I would be doing him a disservice.
Believe me when I tell you that I will publish Ambulance Girl. I haven’t given up in ten years and I’m not about to start. But right now I’m here. A little bit stuck.
So for anyone who wanted to know that is where Ambulance Girl is – I hope I’ll have better news to report soon
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