Fantasy
Had a beyond awesome brainstorming session with Stefan tonight. He talked about what he wants to do and I talked about another book idea. Right now it's just that, an idea. Off and on since before we got married I have thought of this world, and a few characters that live there. I have never actually given it more than a passing thought. Why? Because it's fantasy. I have only gotten through one fantasy book in my life. I start them but never finish them. I've always felt that in a way I should not be allowed to write in a genre that I not only don't read but can't seem to be able to read.
Stefan seems to think that this is actually an asset to my story though. I guess often times authors try to be like Tolkien. And no, I have actually not read Lord of the Rings. I read most of if not all (I can't remember now) of the Hobbit but that was back in 7th grade and barely remember it. He thinks that since I haven't read much then I will be more able to make my world my own rather than worrying too much about what other books have done in the past. Perhaps he is right.
I'll admit I am actually a little excited about the prospect of working on this story. Oddly enough more so than the idea of working more on my other story. Something that I realized tonight is that I may be sabotaging Reflections in Dreams because I am trying to finish a story that never had an ending. I know that may not make any sense. Back in my Jr year of high school I started a story by the same title. It wasn't very good and yet I still kicked myself for never finishing it. I tried rewriting it but would get lost because I wasn't really interested in it anymore. I changed a lot of things about it, characters, plot, the very genre of the story but at it's core it was the same story. A love story that revolves around dreams. It's second incarnation of the story was missing conflict. Sure I could write about the people but there wasn't really anything driving the plot, at least not in such a way that grabbed my own attention. If an author isn't sucked into their own story what good is there in finishing it? Perhaps someday I might finish it. I do think that there are some good ideas, maybe even unique ones. I sometimes find myself wishing that there was someone that understood where I was going with it and could breath life into the story. It would be wonderful to see it come to fruition but right now I feel like I'm not the one meant to do that.
As for this other story idea, it is just bare bones. Just a premise, two maybe three characters defined. A whole world waiting to be explored and described.The idea of not having anything confining the world and what happens in it is a little exciting.
Stefan seems to think that this is actually an asset to my story though. I guess often times authors try to be like Tolkien. And no, I have actually not read Lord of the Rings. I read most of if not all (I can't remember now) of the Hobbit but that was back in 7th grade and barely remember it. He thinks that since I haven't read much then I will be more able to make my world my own rather than worrying too much about what other books have done in the past. Perhaps he is right.
I'll admit I am actually a little excited about the prospect of working on this story. Oddly enough more so than the idea of working more on my other story. Something that I realized tonight is that I may be sabotaging Reflections in Dreams because I am trying to finish a story that never had an ending. I know that may not make any sense. Back in my Jr year of high school I started a story by the same title. It wasn't very good and yet I still kicked myself for never finishing it. I tried rewriting it but would get lost because I wasn't really interested in it anymore. I changed a lot of things about it, characters, plot, the very genre of the story but at it's core it was the same story. A love story that revolves around dreams. It's second incarnation of the story was missing conflict. Sure I could write about the people but there wasn't really anything driving the plot, at least not in such a way that grabbed my own attention. If an author isn't sucked into their own story what good is there in finishing it? Perhaps someday I might finish it. I do think that there are some good ideas, maybe even unique ones. I sometimes find myself wishing that there was someone that understood where I was going with it and could breath life into the story. It would be wonderful to see it come to fruition but right now I feel like I'm not the one meant to do that.
As for this other story idea, it is just bare bones. Just a premise, two maybe three characters defined. A whole world waiting to be explored and described.The idea of not having anything confining the world and what happens in it is a little exciting.