Hmmm... interesting question. For me it's that I feel very average, normal, even mediocre a lot of the time. I used to write a lot when I was a teenager and when I was at university, I like writing screenplays. Over my twenties I felt that I became less creative and I felt that was normal and...
I'm reading American Gods by Neil Gaiman and really enjoying which surprises me as I tried reading Neverwhere several times and just couldn't get into it.
When I get stuck and I'm not sure where to go, I try to push through by focus my daily wordcount on world building- I find word building or diving into the backstory of a character to be easier than writing to advance my plot if I'm in a rut. I'm now 84,000 words into my first draft of my first...
My pet peeve is when the whole premise of a book is driven by things happening to the characters, as opposed to them driving it forward by their own actions or decisions.
Hi all!
My name's Sarah and I enjoy fantasy and science fiction writing. I have been working on a fantasy manuscript for the last few months and I'm hoping to learn from the people on this forum- I'm glad I've found this community. Other interests of mine: puzzles, yoga and languages.
Looking...