I’ve got a gaggle of only loosely-connected thoughts for you today, all on fiction writing:
My good friend Kam, who is a frequent commenter at The Writing Journey, has re-launched his Blog, and is now focused on his experiences and thoughts on Fiction writing. He’s a good guy with a decent published novel and a great future, I think. Give Kam a visit at Pens and Swords. Tell him I sent you.
I’m not a great fiction writer. I can do a passable job in certain aspects of fiction writing, and I can do them in small bursts. But, it’s unlikely I’ll ever write a bestselling novel.
I greatly admire anyone who can finish a novel, whether or not it’s published. I especially admire folks that can get published, because it says they’re not just a good writer – they’re good at the business of writing.
As a fan of role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons, I’m a fan of collaborative fiction. I’m especially geeked about the collaborative fiction/RPG project my good friends James and Harry have coming out soon.
World-building is one of the more interesting parts of fiction writing, to me. Again, this comes from my RPG background.
I like the idea behind NaNoWriMo. I think I’ll give it a shot this year.
I often wonder if I’m cut out for fiction. Midwestern humility aside, I’ve got a decent writing voice. I’m just not sure it translates that well to fiction. I know I do all right telling stories, because I’ve had the same RPG group coming to my table to hear my stories for more than a decade.
All in all, I think I prefer Blog writing to fiction writing. Maybe it’s the interactivity, maybe it’s the compartmentalization of it. Hell if I know. Maybe I need to think about writing short fiction. Or maybe Blog fiction. Is there such a creature? If not, is there a market for one?
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Hm, you gave me some good links here and some good thoughts to think on. Thanks for that.
As for the upcoming release of our new game – stay tuned. We’ll be posting something on Friday about this – and we’re launching soon. You’d better come join us
Interesting post today. I don’t know why, but I really like getting peek into the thought processes of other writers.
Actually, I believe there are some writers who basically publish their novels serially through blog posts. I’m not sure how successful they are, but it’s a neat idea.
With the way things are going for a lot of folks out there, I could definitely see a market springing up for really good free fiction, which receives all its revenue from advertising to the side of the page. I mean look what’s out there in the way of cheap entertainment today. Television seems to be heading more and more toward “reality” shows, but there’s always going to be a segment, a fairly large one I’m sure, who want quality fiction. They’ll be looking for it somewhere else, so why not?
Thanks for the plug, Bob. I’m really enjoying the new format for my blog. I plan to tackle world-building soon.
@ James – I’ll be there with bells on. Er, with fangs bared. Or something.
@A.B. – Strangely enough, Kam just posted something about serial fiction. I think there’s something to it, and a strong reader base would lead not only to ad revenue, but purchasing of other works.
@ Kam – You’re welcome. I look forward to your world-building thoughts.
Good luck with NaNoWriMo this year. I’ll be right there with you. It’s a lot of fun and a low-pressure way to write a novel. If you don’t like it, scrap it! It only took 30 days to write anyway.
Bob, I enjoyed your gaggle of thoughts. It was like sitting in a coffee shop shooting the breeze on the random musings that cross our minds. Blog Fiction, hmmm. Well these days with self publishing, anything is a market.
Blog fiction. Interesting.
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