really long forgotten blog

Do you remember that feeling of opening a drawer, or cupboard etc, to find that there is an item in there that you know you own but have no recollection of ever seeing before?
Well that item is this blog.


I just started thinking that I would like to have a blog, somewhere to store the ideas that float around in my mind at times and keep them for later on when I may find a use for them, so I went to blogger and discovered that I had one already, how odd!


A few minutes post discovery I am starting to feel as though I have a vague memory of starting this whole thing, but only vague.  The great thing about that is, I get to read it!
I wonder what I wrote.


Anyway, the title says I want to write a book, which I do.
Currently I have two of them almost finished, in the sense that they have a beginning, a middle and an end with some characters in the middle and some things going on.  Now I just need to tidy up the writing and make them less rubbish.

long forgotten blog

dear blog, I'm sorry.  I didn't mean to neglect you.  Then again, I didn't really ever mean to start you.  I had been trying to use my time to focus on writing, rather than writing about how I want to write.  Unfortunately, I have used my time to watch TV.  SO both the blog and the book have been sadly ignored.  Well not anymore my electronic friend!  I will not ignore you again, nor will I neglect my book.  I will visit you and add to you often and I promise to do the same with my writing.


Enough for now though, I'm tired.

mini breakthrough

I reckon I might have found myself a bit more motivation this week.
Just spent half an hour putting together a plot, which I then realised i had half written a while ago - thankfully they tie together nicely.

Thinking back over the last few weeks, I am sure that I made the wrong decision when I decided to change the book I was trying to write, so am now going back to the original idea, which I think is a lot more fun.  I am now excited about the idea of writing again so will hopefully manage to do some.

Going to take my notebook to work with me (a real paper one, not a laptop) and try to keep this energy going tomorrow.

Fingers crossed that this is not another false start....

Slow going!

I have managed nothing now for weeks.
Rubbish!
Thought I was starting to get somewhere but then I just stopped.
Now I feel like I need to start all over again, obviously that is not true, I just have to get going again.

Trying to get fit again too but motivation for that is also a struggle.
What can I do to motivate myself?
I need to focus again on what I want to do and why and keep that in mind, that should help.

Repeat after me, I want to write a book (and get fit).
Now stop talking and get on with it.

This is hard work

Just managed about half an hour writing.  Trying to build up the story.  Figured out some more about my main character and how I'm going to tell the tale.
It is hard though, I am already struggling to keep track!
Need to grab a notebook and scribble out how all this is going to work.
Time to go and eat a cupcake and do some scribbling.

I'm on my way

I think I have finally worked out which one of my ideas could be turned into a decent book and have started to put my thoughts together.
So far I have managed to plan what I want to get across, had some ideas for themes that I can run through the story and have started to plan out how the characters fit together.  Phew!
Not bad for an otherwise useless hour in Manchester airport and a few other minutes stolen from my normal life.

In reality, I don't think I have really got anywhere further than making the decision and blurting out a load of random thoughts into a google doc, but that it much further on than I was a few days ago, so it would seem that the pressure of the internet is working on me.

Why do I want to write?

I want to write to give something back to the world.  I feel like I have taken a lot out of life and it is time that I contributed something.  Books are such a beautiful thing, to hold, to share and to lose yourself in, I would like to be responsible for creating one.  Whenever I read I think about how much the author has given to me, by putting their time and their emotion into creating something that I have then enjoyed, I want to give my time and emotions to other people.  Why haven't I already written anything?  I am scared of failing, I am short of time and I am not sure which idea I should go with (that is probably an excuse really).

I am getting closer and closer though.  Not long now and I will write that pesky book!

Hopefully this can help...
http://tinyurl.com/getwriting
it had better do, as it is part of the reason that I started this blog.