Last time, I gave advice to just write. Sometimes, most of the time, life or other challenges get in the way. You can think to yourself, “I don’t know what to write” or “This isn’t any good”. I think that all the time, but I recognize it as negitive thoughts meant to keep me from doing what I want.
Sure, you can write something and feel good about it, only to realize it’s not very good, or downright bad. I recently dug up a story I wrote in high school. I remember loving writing this story and working hard on it. I was a kid, so I’m definitely not getting down on myself, because I did write it and finish. I read it again and it was terrible.
The thing is, I had lessons to learn from life, story and writing that I didn’t know. Even knowing it stinks, I don’t feel bad about it at all. I’m still proud I wrote it and it was the first step I took in writing. It was important and I’m thankful for it.
That leads me to serialized stories. I’ve loved this idea for a while now, but you never think you can do it. I want to view this more of a writing process and exercise than the next Green Mile. Writing a little bit every week, even if it’s not great, is better than writing nothing.
I am going to start a story on here. I will post a part of it every week. It’s not going to be heavily edited, nor written out before hand. The point is to write this over a couple days in my free time and publish once weekly. I would love to hear feedback on it and hope that others follow suit. Maybe it’s that thing that will help get your story told or just get keys clacking.