So exactly who all is writing a book?

[theDespiser]

ive got a bunch of ideas(of course) but i have so many things i want to right about and turn into a comic book that i dont really know where to start...i want to write, but i want to draw at the same time, but i want to finish reading these books too, but i also want to keep working out, but then i also have to go back to school, but then i have to play Red Alert 2:Yuris Revenge online, but i also have to play some unreal tournament...


all these things going on in my head at once...then on mondays i have to watch 5 hours of Stargate:SG-1....and a bunch of other crap...


its just that if i sit down to work on my art or writing, i want to do the other thing, and theres always something else i want to do, that usually wins out...so far all i have is a summary and a collectioin of some ideas....geez, writing is hard

[Worm of Despite]

My book's been developing really well. The characters have good motives now, heh . . . As I've been getting closer and closer to the climax, I notice how stoked I am about the build-up--as if I'm not writing it but just another reader reading it. Exciting stuff.

[Fist and Faith]

What an awesome attitude to have about your own writing, Foul!!! That's gotta be a huge help!!

[Worm of Despite]

Yeah, at one time I was more demanding of myself and going, "okay, we have to do really good on this so lots of people will read it." Obviously, I was 15 then.

Anyway, that kind of perfectionist attitude did nothing but pressure me and it in turn made my writing come out contrived. But if one takes a "screw what others think and just have fun writing this" attitude, then your work will stop having a rigid flow and it'll be very organic. That’s how it works for me, at least. So, when I'm writing, I'm either going to have a good or bad day. A "bad" day is when I'm consciously trying to write something--premeditated. But if I write as fast as I possibly can--make it spontaneous--then it looks less deliberate--more true to heart, more real. Maybe some other writers in here know this (or I hope they're learning now).

[theDespiser]

yeah, write everything you can think of that seems cool or progresses the story along...you can always go back and clean everything up later

[Landwaster]

I gotta admit I did commence a novel once ... let me just look it up ... 190 pages ... but its nowhere near finished and as I started it many years ago, its very childish at the beginning!