Anyone here ever try to write a book?

[Mr Khan]

Runa216 said:

Mr Khan said:

I'm in a similar position. I had a novel series where i started the first one when i was 13 (idea initially conceived at age 12), wrote parts of it on and off throughout high school, attempted to revisit it in college, but then i got snared in fan-fiction and haven't looked back. My parents are trying to convince me to "write something you can make money on," so i may get back to it, but in my case the world is developed far better than the characters, with maps, mythology, and an extensive political/military history. Characterization was never my strong suit before i started writing fanfiction, but in FF i've found that my strength has been characterization and my weakness has been action, so i could revive it with a rethink of my characters...

Well not every book needs action, you know.  I mean, plenty of books are without fight scenes or killing, so there's lots of plots, settings, and scenarios that you could explore that work to your strengths rather than trying to force yourself to do something you're not great with. 

I would like to make money from my work, too, but I mostly do it for fun.  I write because I enjoy writing, not becuase I expect to make a career out of it.  the moment I HAVE to write, I don't want to anymore, and that's a shame.  

Actually i was pretty good at writing action even back then. The choreography from the existing novel is more or less the only thing salvageable, as even my characters (at least the protagonists) need vastly redrawn. I just do poorly with action in fan-fiction because i have a harder time coordinating the more over-the-top fights certain anime are prone to (namely my work in One Piece) without it feeling very flat. My work in SWAT Kats also has some good action scenes, if i may say so, so perhaps its just something about me and One Piece.