Writing, Writing, Writing

Okay, I have a good reason why I haven't been updating my blog lately. Now that I know what I want to do with the rest of my life, I've begun writing a little story, just to see how my writing style is compared to other writers. It's not easy writing a story. A lot of people think that writing is easy because you just write what comes to mind, but there is so much more to it than that. There's lots of planning and thinking and brainstorming. After all, there's a big difference between writing what you want to and writing a good piece of literature.

So far, the hardest part is the storyline. My original plan has so many crossouts and notes scrunched in the margins that you probably can't even see what my original plan was. I come up with an idea for what happens next and it conflicts with the other 50 pages that I've already written so I have to go back and change around the details so it corroborates what I just came up with. It's very frustrating, but its liberating at the same time. It feels good to just release what's in my mind and let the ideas flow freely. It's just the organization that's a little off, but that's always been a problem for me.

Every now and then, I might post a few questions, just to get feedback from possible future readers hehe! Sometimes, I need to do a doubletake and consider whether or not something is realistic. I just want the story to flow and be easily understood. Oftentimes, something that sounds so good in my head comes out awkwardly and is very difficult to explain on paper. I can understand it because it's my own thought, but it can be difficult for others to understand when they read it.

Feel free to post a comment to questions I ask. Trust me, you'll be doing me a big favor if you do. I need feedback!!!