I like to think of myself as a creative thinker, I like to come up with stories here and there. When I am bored, I simply add more to the story. I have thought about it countless times, and decided, " I should right these down!" But then I encounter a few problems.
1. I start writing in a notebook, and then I lose the notebook. I have at least 20 missing notebooks and stories, where they go? Nobody knows.
2. I start to write, and then I decide that I don't like something, the character's name, the setting, the character....... the entire plot.
3. The story sounds really good in my head, but then really, really, really, really dumb on paper. Like how did I even come up with that in the first place?
4. As soon as I get my pencil and paper ready, I forget everything about the story. It's just completely gone. Where did it go? Nobody knows?
5. My stories are apparently way more dramatic than I thought. Somewhere along the way, the story gets lost and a soap opera turns up. Needless to say, I would make a really good soap opera writer.
6. I decide I should type it up instead of making a paper copy, and I either forget the name of my document, or I only get as far as the title.
7. I feel like I would really enjoy writing, but I am really busy ( A.K.A I would rather take a nap) and just can't find the time to write down an entire book.
Does anybody have any tips? Because I would LOVE to hear how other people manage to write and have a life at the same time.
Whistle while you work,
Emma Mooradian
