In my head writing is easy… when I sit down to do it, it’s like mining for diamonds with a rubber mallet.
I’ve gone about this writing journey the wrong way, which is certainly on-brand for me. I’ve never done any creative pursuit in typical fashion. In 2009 I decided I wanted to be a writer, because I had aspirations of writing science fiction in hopes to one day be published, and have people read my stories. Again, this was in 2009.
Looking through my writing books, I’ve gathered quite the collection. I have classics like On Writing by Stephen King, Ray Bradbury’s writing book, Ursula Le Guin, Damon Knight, Ben Bova, and quite a few others. One of my favorites is _Wonderbook _by Jeff VanderMeer, and Damn Fine Story by Chuck Wendig. In fact, many of Wendig’s e-books on writing have all been sources of useful information.
Over the years I’ve turned to many of these books for guidance. In fact, I’ve turned to them so much so that I read and read, and then I end up not writing.
Allowing myself to NOT write because I’m too busy looking for information on how to write is also on-brand for me. I’m just now realizing this.
I’ve promised myself that I will NOT buy any more books on writing. As soon as I buy Isaac Asimov’s writing book, and Kate Wilhelm’s Clarion Writer’s Workshop book, and Robert Silverberg’s book, I’ll stop buying books on writing.
Oh, if Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck publish a book on writing, I’ll preorder it in .042 seconds.
