I finally got my bag of writing from my car yesterday. I found my book of quotes I started. I've decided to get that going again. I've always enjoyed quotes. I even made up a few of my own.
So I've been meaning to write a book of some sort, but I've run into a few problems. First I figured I would finish the many I've started, but my style of writing has changed over the years.
Lately I've been stressed and have had heartburn something fierce. I've been wondering what to do with my life and when I ask what I'm good at, I'm told writing. Ok, that's fine and well, but I can't seem to figure out what I'm good at writing. What genre am I best at? It's a matter of preference I suppose, and I've never really gone in one direction with my writing. All I know is that I enjoy writing my own made up stuff. But I'm scared to make things up, aside from just the characters. And the characters are another issue altogether. I can never get the names right. But back to my fear of make-believe. For some reason I feel like my setting needs to take place somewhere real, when I know it doesn't. I am not one to travel. And I fear that I'm horrible at research. I don't know what I like writing the most. I've read more romance than any other genre in my life, I can write a story out, but is that what I'm best at? Am I stuck with romance? I know I can venture out of that box, and I can make up places and things. Just look at Douglas Adams. And of course you have the ever popular: Lord of the Rings, Hogwarts and Harry Potter, and The Chronicles of Narnia.
I have no idea what to do, or what to write but I know once I get something written, I can submit it to Barnes and Noble as an ebook. Which I'm excited to learn more about.
So if anyone I know reads this, PLEASE give me some feedback here!
Feedback: I don't think you should lock yourself into any certain genre, especially not at first. Start by writing about things that interest, frustrate, or spark your interest and make a story start or center around it.
ReplyDeleteI think all creatives experience having no idea where to begin. Like I find myself wanting to draw ALL the time, but don't because I can't think of what to draw...Should it be a landscape, a portrait, etc. So I just end up not doing it. The key is to just pick one of the thoughts that flits through your mind when you think about what to write about and go with it. It's not like it can't be changed, or expanded as you go. Research isn't bad, there are folks that will help you out with that, and the library is conveniently located.
Just draw from things around you. People watch. Have you ever saw someone in a store or something and wondered what their life was like? You can make it anything you want, you're very talented. The key is just starting it.