Name: Anonymous 2014-05-29 1:08
I’ll be honest: as a non-fiction writer, I’m pretty good. I can weave 2,000 word features that get good reviews, and leave an impression. As a fiction writer, I have one short story to my credit, from 2005, and looking back on it, it’s like a raw metal; with some work, my fiction writing could become great, but I don’t read enough fiction to really become a good fiction writer. My life is based around life; I’m not one who likes escaping to too many fictional worlds, which gives me a poor foundation of influences to write fiction. I can write a brilliant opinion piece. I could even write a competent ten minutes of stand-up comedy.
Here I am, not only trying to write a story from thin air, but also trying to pound it into a workable video game. Not only that, but I’m trying to write something that doesn’t suck. I have a vague idea of what I want my story to entail, but I don’t have a real beginning, an end, other characters, villains, or any kind of plot driver. I know I want something that might have a few tropes, but ultimately has likable characters, with a female protagonist who isn’t a walking stereotype, and villains who aren’t moustache-twirling evil, and holy shit I basically just listed the wishlist of every single so-called social justice warrior on Tumblr.
Here I am, not only trying to write a story from thin air, but also trying to pound it into a workable video game. Not only that, but I’m trying to write something that doesn’t suck. I have a vague idea of what I want my story to entail, but I don’t have a real beginning, an end, other characters, villains, or any kind of plot driver. I know I want something that might have a few tropes, but ultimately has likable characters, with a female protagonist who isn’t a walking stereotype, and villains who aren’t moustache-twirling evil, and holy shit I basically just listed the wishlist of every single so-called social justice warrior on Tumblr.