i wish i could write a book..is it ok if i dreamed?

Philippines
October 17, 2008 3:54am CST
since i was on grade school i always wanted to be the authur of a book... but i dont know if i could do that because i am afraid to failed.. i tried it when my classmate in high school ask me to write a story... i did it but i doubt it that they didnt like it because it wasnt played in our school..so i thought i failed... what do you think?...
3 responses
• New Zealand
17 Oct 08
It really depends. I never thought I was a writer, but I just started to have ideas, from the world around me. Often you can't just say that you are going to write, you have to have an idea. Often the idea doesn't have to be much, but then you build around it. I wrote a whole 15 page story from one idea which in the story turned out to become only one paragraph. Often my ideas come from things I would like. I have always hated the modern world, loving the game Morrowind, then I got more involved in the game, started having great ideas about it, decided to write them. Now, the story is 18 pages long, and growing! Have an idea, write it down, have more ideas, write them down. Often smaller ideas you can incorporate into your story, making it even better. I have found that if you do just sit down and try to come up with an idea, even if you do get one, the storyline will end up being quite weak. I had a story, the idea I had had for at least 7 years, wrote it several times, decided it wasn't a good storyline, deleted the whole thing.
• Philippines
21 Oct 08
tnx......
@bodave (7)
• Cyprus
17 Oct 08
i will say:try,try,try.writing is my habit,i write my daily for 20 years.i always want to write stories,i got lots stroies in my heart,never try.i think i will do now,take a piece of paper and a pen,do it!so just do it now.
• Philippines
21 Oct 08
tnx bodave
• India
17 Oct 08
20 years down the line you will be regreting why you did not do certain things than why you did something. So try it now. Better way get a blog. Write for 3 months then you will see people will be coming and they will read your articles. Believe me people read from novice to pro. But nobody complains. By practice you can write more and better. So come on . Write now.
• Philippines
21 Oct 08
tnx....yeah i should try it again