How Do You Write Your First Novel?

i wanted to start, if we could, by talking about the story occupational hazards. So this story is almost like a diary entry. And it starts in 19 96, and you cover like, vast years. We were watching him go through grade school, and his familis a connections and the regimes that he's under. And then we learn about later, he has all these injuries. I felt like when i read it, it grounded me so much in the rest of the book. There's other characters that come up throughout the book that seem to be from your real life. And i learned so much about you that i almost was like, oh my gosh, like, i