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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fladian" data-source="post: 118870" data-attributes="member: 5833">I haven't been forced to read books since I came from elementery school. Because I developed a liking to write quite early, I had no real problem to talk and/or write about books. Yet when I was at elementery school, I hated reading until the last grade. I found out it was really fun to read, so I started to read as much as possible... but that was a bit late. I can't remember what book I read, but it was a nice book. Especially how it looked like. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />Like Kem, this is also my least favorite way of writing. One of the main reasons why I always have a hard time to think of my main character is because I don't have all influence over his personality. Though I can say what he is like during the start of the story, when I finally get into writing, I tend to focus (not intentionally) on the character development on characters. Sometimes enough to make the main character lose his 'main' character status because I find other characters more interesting halfway.Though I can write the very end, and I am always striving towards it when I write, it is not like I have it premade. Just like many things, I also began writing when my brother started. Hey managed to finish a book, I didn't. He also has a completely different style of writing than me. But he did taught me: "When you have a really good idea, it is an idea that you won't forget. More than five years has passed since I wrote, but I remember I always wanted to create a <enter event and/or character here>." When he told me that, I found it hard to believe. But it is something he is very right in. The history of 'If, and only if' is something that is important to me, just like many concepts of the story I am writing now. They are loose ideas that are too good to forget. Even someone with a memory as myself, I am unable to forget about it.I spend days, weeks, if not months to think about ideas until one is good enough. Many good ideas pop up in my head, but they are often not good enough. When I am not writing seriously, I pick the "somewhat good" ideas and place it in immediately. That's how most stories of mine appeared here on the forum and the reason why I also said they are not "all that good." 'If, and only if', is an excellent story but 'Whatever walks here, walks alone' (title of what I am writing now) is supposed to be better. In my personal opinion... it is; and it better be. I've never taken this long on such a short part of a story. But this is the best way I write.I write a sentence and keep looking it over until I find the best it could be made. Sometimes I see the best way in a few minutes, sometimes it takes a few days. One of them managed to keep me stuck for a few weeks, despite it is still only half a page.My brother is not my goal anymore when I compare my writing skills. I read a story of a similar writer as myself. Both the style was similar to the one of my own, but also the way he started to write is similar to my the one of myself. But as I mentioned before, there is a giant gap in difference of skill. I want to show myself that I am no less than him.But right now, I still haven't continued yet. Mostly because I'm short of time. When it goes like this, I guess I'll have to go to 'Plan B'. =)</blockquote>

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