October 26th, 2012 at 03:40am
"Just write and I promise the ideas will come. Obviously, if you start with an idea you're already two steps ahead of the game, but it's by no means a requirement. The same goes for writer's block, there's no such thing, only people who stop picking up their pencil; you might have to write a couple pages of garbage before the train gets back on its track, but nothing is ever not worth writing. As you progress you will constantly find yourself lost in thought, fantasizing your plots next steps to a point bordering on obsession, but it's necessary; nobody just 'thinks up' a four hundred page story on the spot, it takes time and dedication."
Thank you. I wrote down this piece of your tutorial in my journal. I was just thinking an hour ago, "I can't think of anything. My story lines don't make sense. I have so much ideas but I don't know how to put them together. I'm lost." I feel so pressured by my family, like no one believes in me, that I have to prove myself, but when I can't think of an idea I feel like a failure. Then I stumbled on your article and it made me feel really good. It was like an answer.
I hope this comment inspires you to keep writing like your writing did for me.
Some people have criticized me for writing this article, saying that it was lacking in any actual advice in regard to writing, but you've seen it for how i wanted. When i wrote this piece I never really intended to create an outline for how to write a novel; yes, its modeled around starting a book, but in reality its about what it means to be an author, and i think you've recognized its true colors. Anyone can start a book, but it takes a very special kind of person to finish. What i dont understand is why you feel pressured? When you sit down to write, the world around you should melt away leaving you with nothing but your thoughts and paper. Stop writing for other people, and start writing for yourself because the truth is nobody is every going to give you what you want; you just need to take it for yourself.