I love to write, I do it every day, as often as I can. I've spent whole days at the keyboard hammering out scene after scene in my first science fiction trilogy (I started writing it in high school, when I was too naive to realize that I'd stand a better chance of seeing print with a single novel). But as much as I love to write, I don't think I'm really a write--I'm a storyteller.
When I read an honest-to-goodness good book it astounds me how great the writing is: it's like I know just by looking at the page that I will never have the capacity to write like that. But I've read books with such poor writing that even I could do better, and have still been captivated because the story is just that good. I think that might be the kind of writer I am. I'm not professing to be some miracle storyteller, it's just that what compels me to write is the story, not the words.
The problem with this would be that publishing companies generally want to find people who can write well and tell entertaining stories. Is there really a chance for someone like me who can't write their way out of a paper bag? (Not that I've ever been in one)
When I read an honest-to-goodness good book it astounds me how great the writing is: it's like I know just by looking at the page that I will never have the capacity to write like that. But I've read books with such poor writing that even I could do better, and have still been captivated because the story is just that good. I think that might be the kind of writer I am. I'm not professing to be some miracle storyteller, it's just that what compels me to write is the story, not the words.
The problem with this would be that publishing companies generally want to find people who can write well and tell entertaining stories. Is there really a chance for someone like me who can't write their way out of a paper bag? (Not that I've ever been in one)
