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November 2009 
i want...
Posted on Sep 4th, 2009
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Michelle
Michelle
I want to write a book. I want to write novels. I just . . . don't know what kind or what they should be about. It's tough to come up with a good plot. It's especially tough when you realize that people who know you will be reading it and - worse - reading into it.
"Why can't you write a happy book?"
Well, I don't know. It might get a little boring...
"How do you know so much about this subject?"
Well....I just....read a lot? And....I plead the fifth!!
Because, God knows, if I write a book, my entire family will want to read it.
Haha, I'm so paranoid.
I actually do have a list somewhere of subjects in life that I *know* about and could therefore *write* about, but a list of subjects doesn't constitute a plot. A plot....hmm.
You know, apparently authors in the 800-1000s AD usually didn't come up with their own original storylines. Usually they took an existing story and either 1. amplified it or certain aspects of it or 2. abridged it or...whatever. According to my English professor.
I could rewrite a biblical story. That's done a lot. Or write about a historical figure.
I could write a mystery. My grandma would love that. I think I'd like it, too.
We'll see. We'll see.
And and I have a list of slight ramblings in a Word document about stuff I'd want to put into a story, along with some random dialogue, etc.
Yes.
Also, one of my high school English teachers gave us an assignment where we had to be sure to use so many words out of a list of random objects. I had to use the word "baseball", I remember. It just makes the story more colorful.
I soo want to do this. Not to make a huge statement about the universe or life or anything, but simply because I believe that novels are art. They are. They're beautiful and wonderful for escapism if they're done right. I want to do one right. I've enjoyed books all my life and now I would like to contribute to the wondrous world of escapism reading. And I do want to do it in a way that will make people think.
If I wrote a mystery, I think I'd want to make it possible for the reader to figure out "whodunit" before I really "tell" them. I wouldn't make it easy, though. But, oh, it'd be fun.
Maybe a mystery would be the best way to start. I feel like i could map out the plot of a mystery better than I could a regular novel.
Yes.
"Why can't you write a happy book?"
Well, I don't know. It might get a little boring...
"How do you know so much about this subject?"
Well....I just....read a lot? And....I plead the fifth!!
Because, God knows, if I write a book, my entire family will want to read it.
Haha, I'm so paranoid.
I actually do have a list somewhere of subjects in life that I *know* about and could therefore *write* about, but a list of subjects doesn't constitute a plot. A plot....hmm.
You know, apparently authors in the 800-1000s AD usually didn't come up with their own original storylines. Usually they took an existing story and either 1. amplified it or certain aspects of it or 2. abridged it or...whatever. According to my English professor.
I could rewrite a biblical story. That's done a lot. Or write about a historical figure.
I could write a mystery. My grandma would love that. I think I'd like it, too.
We'll see. We'll see.
And and I have a list of slight ramblings in a Word document about stuff I'd want to put into a story, along with some random dialogue, etc.
Yes.
Also, one of my high school English teachers gave us an assignment where we had to be sure to use so many words out of a list of random objects. I had to use the word "baseball", I remember. It just makes the story more colorful.
I soo want to do this. Not to make a huge statement about the universe or life or anything, but simply because I believe that novels are art. They are. They're beautiful and wonderful for escapism if they're done right. I want to do one right. I've enjoyed books all my life and now I would like to contribute to the wondrous world of escapism reading. And I do want to do it in a way that will make people think.
If I wrote a mystery, I think I'd want to make it possible for the reader to figure out "whodunit" before I really "tell" them. I wouldn't make it easy, though. But, oh, it'd be fun.
Maybe a mystery would be the best way to start. I feel like i could map out the plot of a mystery better than I could a regular novel.
Yes.
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