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Tag: writing
Can Scrum really be used to write novels?
I began this blog as a way to express myself and unashamedly build a platform for my future writing. I understand that even if I write the best books ever made, if no one buys them, then it'll be like I wrote nothing at all. So I thought I had found a good outlet to discuss the ongoing project of writing a book, as well as the process itself. One of the thoughts I had while writing was about how each of us contend with different forces inside our own heads as we write. I considered how there were some days when I would be thinking all about my world or about how I can improve a scene or a character in some way, and then when I sat down to write it, I couldn't find the motivation. So even though I wanted to write, I couldn't because of a little voice in my head telling me not to do it.
A Balancing Act
Happiness is the one everyone likes to refer to when talking about the importance of balance, right? I mean, that goes for everything in our own little worlds. "You need to find a work/life balance." "You need to stop working so hard and do things you enjoy." "You need to get off your lazy butt and go find a job." If it was as easy as balancing work and life, then I think we'd have a lot less depression in our society. But no, it goes way, way deeper than that.
Taking and repurposing
One of the key things I realized when I started building the world and structuring the stories for my book series was that I needed to do a lot more reading. Books I had put off reading for one reason or another for a long time now seemed more important than ever to consume. My wording of the first draft was weaker than I had hoped, but I knew that it ultimately didn't matter as it was just a first draft.
The World of El Tor
By far my most ambitious endeavor, and the culmination of 25 years of creating characters in my mind, reading world history, absorbing all sorts of inspiration including television, books and movies, as well as drawing inspiration from my experiences and happenings inside my own family, I am hard at work on a living, breathing, high fantasy world of my own. The trouble with such an undertaking is that the more you work on it, the more you realize you've got to work on it even more.