write a novel... a GOOD novel.

I’ve pretty much decided that, in the long run, novels aren’t my medium. I love them, and I’ve said before that most of my ideas lend themselves to the form, but I don’t really think that this is where my passion as a writer lies. I’m happiest when I’m working on something for the stage or screen, and have been since I was fourteen.

At the same time, the project I’m working on right now is a novel. And, so far, I’m quite happy with it. (That means little – I’m always happy with my first drafts, when they’re going well.) I still want to write a novel that I’m happy with, even if I don’t really want to be a novelist. I’m going to keep trying.

I’m thinking of opening up my ‘07 NaNo novel…

You know what? I like to write. there is absolutly nothing wrong with that. I simply love to write. And writing a novel would be a huge breakthrough,and it would totally help me with my self-esteem. Maybe. I doubt it but i would still be SUPER fun!

Now it’s time to focus on a good one!

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I’ve always been something of a story teller and a story teller is just a writer who talks instead of writing, isn’t she? However, except for being a mom, writing is the one thing I’ve always wanted to do. I’m currently working on a children’s book and a short story. I’m not certain where either one will go, but I hope eventually to finish both and sell them. Then, maybe, we can move into a house and have a fenced back yard and various other monetarily unreachable-for-the-moment dreams. Failing that, it would be nice just to be able to say I wrote a book and finished it. Wouldn’t that be nice?

english was always my favorite subject especially when i got into the creative writting courses and for as long as i can remeber i feel theres a great story for me to tell i just seem to go off and daydream and add more to the story as i go the problem is everytime i have a great idea i dont get the chance to write it down and by the time i come back to it ive forgotten it or cant remember it exactly the same and it ends up being well, less then good ive tried everything to get my ideas on to paper but i just need to put more devotion into itor some thing along those lines.

I suppose, if I could look at it objectively, I’d probably say I’ve done this. I’ve written novels before (thank you, NaNoWriMo), and I have a couple of pieces that, even unfinished, are long enough to qualify as novels. And I’m sure that, if I sat down and re-read them, I probably wouldn’t hate them.

But I’ve got some bad habits when it comes to writing; my stories tend to get out of control, and turn into long, tedious epics that never seem to go anywhere. I get bored with them before I finish writing act one. When I do manage to finish a story, I’m just so happy to be done that I just set it aside and move on, rather than polishing it into something I can be proud of.

I’m working on changing those habits, however. I have to: I have a story in mind that could turn into something amazing, if I handle it properly. I just have to figure out how.

...the words poured out of me fast enough, or easily enough, or at all! I’ve been trying to do this for over a year now, but I can never get past the first outline… I know that it is fear that stops me. The crippling, paralyzing fear of writing a BAD novel. But… is there even such a thing as a bad novel? Perhaps underappreciated novels, or misunderstood novels, or novels that are far from profound but entertaining nonetheless… What kind of a novel am I aspiring to write? Must it be the next Booker prize winner? Why can’t I just settle for having written it, whether or not it gets published, let alone lauded by critics?