Fun fact about me:

I wrote the first draft of my first novel on my mobile phone while commuting to work by bus in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Paragraph by paragraph, day by day, 90,000 words came together to form an unreadable story where some characters changed names halfway through. 😂

Six drafts later, the novel I published resembled that first draft in protagonist and setting only.

But had I not started writing on my phone that one morning, I probably never would've written a novel.

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30 mins, although sometimes a bit more if traffic was bad.

Probably 300-400 words per day. I'd also find myself writing during other periods of downtime.

Took about 18 months, if I recall correctly.

How long was the bus ride?
What was average words per day?

Thank you!

Didn't map anything out in advance. Only did that once I moved to the second draft. And I'd often just come up with stuff on the spot. I think that's why the first draft was so disjointed.

For my second novel, I planned it in advance and generally treated the whole process more seriously. 😂

Both novels are available on Kindle at

Thank you!

Didn't map anything out in advance. Only did that once I moved to the second draft. And I'd often just come up with stuff on the spot. I think that's why the first draft was so disjointed.

For my second novel, I planned it in advance and generally treated the whole process more seriously. 😂

Both novels are available on Kindle at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kent-Babin/author/B01KYRFMZQ

This is amazing! Congrats on the consistency and your first novel!

Curious, did you map the plot out? Did you know what you were going to write each day?

Where is it published?

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Thank you! Yes, true. "Novel" would be the most popular item crossed of people's bucket lists. 😂

super cool story. if only we all put our commute time to such good use!

Damn that’s nice! Use what tools one has