A lot of wam stories are written by guys - with a girl getting gunged; I guess because that's what they like.
Quite a lot of these are from the girls perspective and are very good even with a guy writing - and I really don't mean that in an offensive way at all.
I'm thinking of having a go at a story of a guy getting gunged - written from his perspective. I don't think i've seen too many written from this perspective i.e a girl writing about a guy getting gunged. I'm going to give it a go, hoping that it might be quite subtle in terms of build up and action.
I wasn't the greatest at school, so apologies in advance for grammar , but wondered if there are any obvious pitfalls to avoid when writing
i think the bottom line is that whatever story you want to tell, you should feel inspired to create... (and from a little bit of english composition classes that i have taken) you start your rough draft perhaps with many mistakes, just start typing (or writing) the ideas you have. If you can craft your story in one try, you would have an undiscovered talent exceeding MANY writers... otherwise you might be like the rest of us, and revise/re-write/edit 1,2,3 (or more) times.
However you may feel about it, eventually you post your story for the world. Some might love it, some might hate it. Such is the creation process. Maybe you have other stories suddenly materializing? Maybe one try might be plenty...
Pitfalls? Completing the job, but worrying that EVERYONE will hate it? Completing the job, but YOU hate it? Honestly, worrying about pitfalls might be the biggest pitfall?
I've gone for writing as the narrator (is that third person?) but with it all being around the lead male character.
2500 words in and it is very much just introducing things, so I might be a little rambly.
Would it be worth posting it as sort of an introduction part 1 type of thing? There is no mess yet though and it'll probably be another 3-4 days to write the rest
gungetankgirl said: Would it be worth posting it as sort of an introduction part 1 type of thing? There is no mess yet though and it'll probably be another 3-4 days to write the rest
my opinion would definitely be to divide into "chapters"...there have been a few VERY short stories, and the length of a story doesn't exactly make it better. In fact, there are a few stories that i enjoy a lot, but they should have been divided into smaller chapters...whelp...JMO...(just my opinion...)
I apologize if i get to sounding like a broken record, but to me, you should ENJOY the process...er...a few other philosophical thoughts bounce a couple of times between my ears, might be better to hold them back (or risk digressing the discussion away from the original subject!!)
Right slower going today as I had work - but up to 3,800 words
The main issue i had was that I thought of the character, started writing and hadn't thought of the story.
That means a fair few tangents as I didn't really know where i was going with it.
It is split into 3 (or will be) - it's 3 days basically and what happens during them.
As it's long I think I will put it up as three parts - but maybe all at once. Netflix style box set lol
The first two days are done - no mess in the first , a small amount in the second (kind of) - third day still to write (that'll be tonight and tomorrow)
I'm still feeling the whole thing is setting up future stories - which would then be a more sensible length as the characters have already been introduced. That means I am enjoying it though.
Love you, too
