Quote

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.


—John Jakes

Ideas...

The plot, I've decided, cannot be too complex. If one is trying to figure out what is happening half the book it wont be interesting. I hate when I read a book and don't understand what is happening, it frustrates me to no end and I end up putting the book down never to pick it up again. I'm stubborn I know...it's something I'm trying to deal with.

Is there a way that you can put the saying "If you believe it, you can do it" into a realistic setting? At the moment that's a large part of the plot and I'm just thinking it's just not believable enough....

Childlike faith is my next big thing. It's such a christian core value that I want it to be a main plot point in my book. It's working. Kinda. :)

Writing out my thoughts on paper so not only I can see them but I'm also putting them into words, really helps. I'm surprised at how much clearer my head feels.

So yes, I'm still working on the plot since after all if that isn't set out how on earth am I meant to start actually writing or storyboarding?

The Year of Revelation

Just lately I have been reading a book by Donald Miller who wrote Blue Like Jazz however, this is not the book I am reading. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller is a must read for anyone wanting to be a writer. He is a christian and mentions God a lot but even if you choose to not believe in God this book has so many tools for your writing life and yours that you really need to get your hands on one of these.

The main gist of the book is about how you need to be living a good story. If your life was a movie (or maybe a story) would the cinema be full or empty? Would they be rooting for you to win or fail? What is it your striving for? If it's nothing, what exactly are you doing with your life? You might think life is meaningless but maybe you just aren't finding any meaning in yours...


Wow. Just wow. It is blowing my mind such simple things about life and setting up good stories for not only yourself but other people (kids, family, friends) to step into. We watch the characters that we write change into amazing people but don't do the same for our lives. We don't end up chasing our dreams and in the end our life turns into a boring cycle of the same thing that an outsider wouldn't even want to be you. What are we doing???


If you were watching your life, would you be interested in it?