After successfully writing 10 chapters of my book, I got stuck. I can’t say it was writers block, it was more like I got distracted, which happens to me very easily now. I have small attention span and very bad short term memory after the TBI, which makes it very difficult to write a book about a TBI, but I’m determined to do it. This has happened a lot since I first got the idea to write this, over ten years ago.

Quickly after the accident I started keeping a journal. It wasn’t my best writing, as nothing really made that much sense to me at the time and everything in my head was a mess. I just wrote what I was thinking. It wasn’t until my third craniotomy, that I finally got my head and thoughts back together.

For a long time I’ve had the intention of using that journal to help me write this book, but for some reason I always start writing from scratch. Well, I finally decided to put those thoughts I wrote down to good use and for what they were intended for. As messed up as my thoughts were at the time, I always knew I wanted to write my story in a book with the hope of helping somebody going through the same thing.

This means going back through my journal, as well as the chapters I have already written and putting them together, checking if they match or if I need to change or add anything.

I’m excited about this and about the new chapters that I will add to my ongoing story.

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Published by mariacristinasanfeliu

I’m an aspiring writer still looking for exactly what I want to write about, with a lot of creativity, imagination and desire to write. I studied Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University where I explored many different sides of writing through my classes and extracurricular activities in order to narrow my search for an identity as a writer. I have written for Citrus TV Noticias and La Voz magazine, both of which gave me the chance to explore different mediums in which to write in. Through Citrus TV Noticias I also gained experience in translating from English to Spanish and vice versa, which is also something that I would be interested in working on since I am fluent in both of these languages. I was also an intern at Syracuse University Press where I got hands on experience in what goes into actually editing and publishing a book. Through out the last four years I have faced a lot of challenges, which helped chape the person I am today. After being in a tragic car accident, being in comma, having a Traumatic Brain Injury, and being in therapy for over a year, I am a new me, willing to face challenges and knowing how to deal with them. I want to write about my accident and life after it to help others, show them it can be done and help in any way I can.

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