Week One

         Week One Blog Post

         My proposal was writing a novel or a short story. I would love to write an actual long novel piece, but short stories are good too. My proposal at first did not have a genre included, but over the past few days I have decided that it will be Sci-Fi plus some fantasy elements. Also historical fiction features in the setting aspect. It's going to have time travel and everything. Probably will be set in an alternative timeline from ours.
         I have found sites that I like to use to gather some ideas. This one has been the best so far. The best writers use the successes of others to further their development. That is just what I am doing. While I want something completely different from what's been written in the past, I still wasn't decided on my idea. I'm still not, but I know some things. The most difficult part is coming up with a plot line for this story. A few ideas are running through my head but I don't know which path to take yet.
         Next week I want to start planning a plot. Or at least some characters and more world building. I've decided on a time period, but specifically I want to work on the laws that my "society" lives by. My most common writer problem is wanting others to read my story but wanting it to already exist...