On writing
I want to write a book. Who doesn’t, right? I have a few stories floating around in my head, but I have no clue as to the proper method for putting pen to paper and producing something of merit. The stories I have thought about are science fiction based, but don’t dwell on the science fiction. I like science fiction that uses science, and fiction to tell a good story. A story about human suffering, the quest for power, insanity and so on. I guess I am into sci-fi because just regular old fiction seems to me to be too plain. I need the fantastic for some reason. This doesn’t always hold true, I do like plain old fiction when it is well done. But even then, I consider it to be well done when the author has described his world in a way that allows my imagination to envelope it. I like thinking about why a character acts a certain way. What physical, outside pressures are acting on him. What is pushing him to make the decisions he makes. So perhaps I will begin to write…
