I first tried to write a novel when I was 16. God, it was bad, but I got further into it than with any other novel project I've tried. I generally pants stuff, but this time, I've plotted it all the way to the end, so I might have better luck. I wish I had the time I had when I was 16 though.
Poems are short stories with more hard line breaks and soft wrapping turned off. Its the CR-LF fomat.
Ah, we're just getting silly now. Short stories are clearly failed poems and poetry is failed silence.
Confused now. If short stories are failed novels AND failed poems, and poems are failed silence, then why is a raven like a writing desk?
Closer, but novels are failed short stories and short stories are failed poems and poems are failed silence and that last part is the question we all ask ourselves and dread to find the answer.
My writing style is quite visually-oriented. I barely narrate any information, and my prose mostly describes character actions (and the environment around them, of course). This is a side effect of constantly coming across the Show Don't Tell phrase during my developing years as a writer. This is something that I need to let go off, probably. I'm way too visual and this is simply not how most prose is written. Occasionally, I will go for single-lines like "I hated him" to make punchlines but it's mostly for purposes like this. I think if I can learn how to effectively narrate information, I can take my writing to the next level. I've tried it numerous times but I always hate the result. My first ever short story does good narration to a degree, funnily enough. But there is too much narration, so in this case, it's an extreme on the opposite side of the spectrum. If only I could merge my old and current style together to make something more moderate and balanced, it would be great. But it isn't that easy... I guess I'll solve this someday.
