Monday, September 2, 2013

Hello again.

Yeah, I realize I kind of let this blog go by the wayside...sorry about that. *pets blog* Anyways, now that I'm back in the flow of writing in general, I'll also try to update this as much as I can.

I just recently started a new story that I'm planning on calling, "The Shadows of Heaven." (Of course, I'm still keeping my mind open to other title possibilities, seeing as I don't really know the main gist of the story yet). Recently, as in the past three months or so of the boredom of summer vacation, I've grown a vast interest in psychology and researching mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, autism, anxiety disorders, etc. I've also recently gotten into the writing of a man named John Green after reading his *amazing* book, The Fault in Our Stars. Both have inspired me to take a step into some of my unknown territories: realistic fiction.

I'm not going to give you a full summary yet, but it focuses mainly on schizophrenia and some autism, two disorders of which I've studied the most. I don't think I could write any realistic fiction novel if it wasn't like this one; by this I mean where I could resort to my characters' mental fantasy worlds to get my brain away from the dullness of everyday life. Because they do play a big-ish part in the story, and I'm planning on getting my readers connected to them just as much as they'd be connected to the real life factors.

It would be cheating if I completely based this off of John Green's writing, because no one wants to read a carbon copy, do they? I know I've read quite a few of these that have made me cringe. I like to think that I've been inspired by him--his voice, his sense of humor (although a few things may differ in that category), all of which makes a genre I generally hate enjoyable. So I can make the genre I hate enjoyable to those who may love it--or, who knows, hate it, like I did.

Which leads me to my final points, to any writers that may be out there reading this: Write about something you love. It makes it that much easier to get those fingers moving across the keys and make it more educated and professional, you feel me? And don't be afraid to take inspiration from others who have been successful. It's a whole lot harder to be in a boat alone with an unexplored idea (which, mind you, are very difficult to come across) than to be beside others who dared to take that uncharted adventure before you.

As soon as I get the different sections of the blog figured out in order to make things more organized, you can expect some excerpts soon.

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