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[themournfulduck.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about my story and my characters for almost a month, but now I'm considering abandoning that completely and writing 500 100-word stories for nanowrimo instead, as an exercise in writing concisely.

How bad of an idea do you think this is?

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[themournfulduck.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about my story and my characters for almost a month, but now I'm considering abandoning that completely and writing 500 100-word stories for nanowrimo instead, as an exercise in writing concisely.

How bad of an idea do you think this is?

Whee!

[madeline-may.livejournal.com]

I have a vague idea of what I want to do... at least, an idea floating around about a young girl being stalked at her school by a guy she turned down. Is this too cliched? Do I care? I'm not sure. However, I do want to accurately portray all of this, so does anyone have any links I can peruse about how the police deal with stalkers and the like? Perhaps similar crime stories, things of that nature?

EDIT: Because I'm a tard, and apparently don't read rules properly. My bad.

Whee!

[madeline-may.livejournal.com]

I have a vague idea of what I want to do... at least, an idea floating around about a young girl being stalked at her school by a guy she turned down. Is this too cliched? Do I care? I'm not sure. However, I do want to accurately portray all of this, so does anyone have any links I can peruse about how the police deal with stalkers and the like? Perhaps similar crime stories, things of that nature?

EDIT: Because I'm a tard, and apparently don't read rules properly. My bad.

I don't know if I should be a writer

[jfran2258.livejournal.com]

I have read several books by writers describing their early years. They all seem to have some sort of literary background. For example, they won a poetry contest, or were great at storytelling, or loved playing word games.

I have none of that. For me, words never came easy. Even now I often stop myself. The ideas in my head run faster than the words. I know the idea but not the word and must stop and think about it before I speak. I bad with explanations and even worse with descriptions.  I also don't think of myself as very observant. The only thing I have going for me is my imagination. There are ideas, little bits of daydreams and even some night dreams than form in my head. They seem unique and wonderful and I sometimes commit them to paper. There are those who have occasionally wanted to read these bits and pieces. But I don't think that is enough to be considered a good writer. I often think I should just give up on writing and focus on other things. Yet I'm attempting Nano this year.

I tell others around me about Nano and they simply shake there heads or change the subject. No one sees me as a writer.

My question is: Can someone like me be a writer? 

I don't know if I should be a writer

[jfran2258.livejournal.com]

I have read several books by writers describing their early years. They all seem to have some sort of literary background. For example, they won a poetry contest, or were great at storytelling, or loved playing word games.

I have none of that. For me, words never came easy. Even now I often stop myself. The ideas in my head run faster than the words. I know the idea but not the word and must stop and think about it before I speak. I bad with explanations and even worse with descriptions.  I also don't think of myself as very observant. The only thing I have going for me is my imagination. There are ideas, little bits of daydreams and even some night dreams than form in my head. They seem unique and wonderful and I sometimes commit them to paper. There are those who have occasionally wanted to read these bits and pieces. But I don't think that is enough to be considered a good writer. I often think I should just give up on writing and focus on other things. Yet I'm attempting Nano this year.

I tell others around me about Nano and they simply shake there heads or change the subject. No one sees me as a writer.

My question is: Can someone like me be a writer?