Writing

All my life I have wanted to be a lot of different things, some things seemed unattainable, so I didn't even give them a try. Now that I am following one of those dreams I realize that some dreams can become nightmares. The idea of opening a restaurant has been a long time dream of mine, but I realize that without proper planning, it can become a nightmare. Now, my latest project- book writing, the one dream that I can afford to follow- has become quite tedious and grueling. Imagine writing a 120 page English paper. First you have to plot it out, then you have to decide on the structure. Next, you have to make sure that it is grammatically correct, subject-verb agreement, adverbs, gerund phrase, simile, metaphor, sentence structure- and all that crap. Then you have to make sure your stoy is a story that is both intriguing and original. Apparently there are only 12 plots that can be done in any book or movie- boy meets girl, girl meets boy, someone is being rescued from a dragon, a wicked stepmother, or an evil sorcerer, good verses evil, conflict resolution- you get the idea. So basically the writer has to have a good idea, knowing that it has been done before, they are really just putting a different twist on old ideas.

After getting your idea neatly laid out on paper, spending approximately 40-50 hours of intense typing, you have to reread your work and edit it yourself. Let me just tell you right now, the generation of unique ideas is the easy part, putting them down on paper is a little more difficult, going back and editing those same thought and unique ideas is a grueling, tedious, nightmare.

I want my book to be like rice crispies, I want it to speak to the reader, to snap, crackle, and pop. I want to explore the five human senses mesmerizing my readers with sights, sounds, smells, touches and tastes. I don't want their to be any ambiguity about the color of one of my characters skin, I want the surroundings to be laid out in magnificent detail, I want my readers to know that I know what I am talking about, and I want them to appreciate the fact that I know they are intelligent individuals and therefore I am going to write and smart piece of work. Much easier said than done.

So many ideas are floating around inside my head, sometimes I will edit something only to discover that I covered the omission at a later point. Or I will come up with a fresh new idea that I want to infuse in my story. Like some clever phrasing that came to me while driving down the street- Ugh. It is much more difficult than I can tell you in a long-winded blog.

Now I have to get back to the editing process, I needed this momentary diversion to allow me to clear my thoughts.

I love you sooo much.