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Hailey Rose:
Lately, I've been thinking about the ideas I get for writing. Instead of writing for fun, I've been trying to find a story idea that is fandom and movie-worthy, and any ideas that aren't like that I turn away. When you first started writing, did you write for fun, and then work on really perfecting and polishing your works? And once a story, even a short one, is written, you can always go back and change it, right?
Hailey Rose
Wow, that's a loaded question! :) Nice job. Let me see how well I can answer this for you.
First of all, don't throw away ANY story ideas. I mean ANY. I have an entire folder of my desktop titled "Ideas." Inside the ideas folder is a "bad ideas" folder--full of story ideas/scenes/snippets that I wanted to delete. But guess what? I've dug into that bad ideas folder more often than I care to admit. Even something that seems like a bad idea at the time can turn into something you can use later.
Second: writing a story that is fandom and movie worthy is every author's dream! I don't think it's bad in the least to have goals and aspirations like that, however, don't hobble yourself. Sometimes, waiting for perfection can be absolutely crippling (totally speaking from experience here).
Thirdly: Yes, when I started writing, I wrote for fun. I still write for fun. Polishing and publishing books is part of the fun. If writing ever becomes a chore or something that I absolutely despise, I will "hang up the keyboard." This is something I actually had to do with a form of art that I loved for a season of life, yet when it became a burden rather than a blessing, I put it away. If writing isn't fun anymore, it might be time for a break.
Fourth: Yes, you can absolutely change anything you want even in a finished story. For myself, I set limits on when to stop editing and fixing, otherwise I would be forever changing my published books! :)
Something I encourage everyone to do is to clearly define success for themselves in regards to writing. It's easier to cross the finish line when you know where it is. ;-)
First of all, don't throw away ANY story ideas. I mean ANY. I have an entire folder of my desktop titled "Ideas." Inside the ideas folder is a "bad ideas" folder--full of story ideas/scenes/snippets that I wanted to delete. But guess what? I've dug into that bad ideas folder more often than I care to admit. Even something that seems like a bad idea at the time can turn into something you can use later.
Second: writing a story that is fandom and movie worthy is every author's dream! I don't think it's bad in the least to have goals and aspirations like that, however, don't hobble yourself. Sometimes, waiting for perfection can be absolutely crippling (totally speaking from experience here).
Thirdly: Yes, when I started writing, I wrote for fun. I still write for fun. Polishing and publishing books is part of the fun. If writing ever becomes a chore or something that I absolutely despise, I will "hang up the keyboard." This is something I actually had to do with a form of art that I loved for a season of life, yet when it became a burden rather than a blessing, I put it away. If writing isn't fun anymore, it might be time for a break.
Fourth: Yes, you can absolutely change anything you want even in a finished story. For myself, I set limits on when to stop editing and fixing, otherwise I would be forever changing my published books! :)
Something I encourage everyone to do is to clearly define success for themselves in regards to writing. It's easier to cross the finish line when you know where it is. ;-)
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Sadie Joy
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Hailey Rose:
Hi! If you don't mind, I do have three questions for you. :) First, what is your favorite thing about writing? Second(and I know this one can be really hard), but, do you have a favorite character in the books you've written, or at least do you know of a character you had the most fun creating? And last, but not least, third, do you like writing novels or shorter stories/novella's better? :)
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