Vivid Imagination

Hi everyone, I thought i'd introduce myself.

Well i'm from the good ol U of K and its always been an ambition of mine to write a novel. Recently i've come up with the idea of a great story and was given this addy from another message board site. I hope to gain some valuable information. I am a first time writer. I am not interested in getting published; although it would be great :0) I just want to write a novel for self satisfaction.

I read lots of books but never Fiction. The reason is, is I don't want to pick up on someone elses style. The only novel I've read in recent years is "1984" and I guess it can't be a bad thing to write in George Orwell style.

So any recommendations on how to begin my Novel? I always find the beginning the hardest part of anything I try.

Cheers Wayne.

Fiction is part of my mind and imagination. I don't want to read it because I used to try and write film scripts but because I watched so many, I found I had blinded my own originality. Thus I gave up!

I used to read lots of Fiction when I was a kid, but the moment I realised I wanted to write it I stopped. I never stopped reading, I just moved to Non-Fiction. Now I've got the idea in my head which I wish to write about.

veinglory said:

Ah, I 'never' read fiction didn't sound like a brief haitus to write.

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I appologise but I was just giving a brief description of me and my intentions, as this is only the introduction section.

Just wanted to welcome you and wish you the best. I understand that starting out might be hard but stay with it and do the best you can. I should use my own advice but it's easier to give it that to take it in...right? How far are you in your novel? Good luck to you...

J.R., it's good to meet you. Welcome to the Water Cooler.


I see it's already been mentioned a few times, the reading. I noticed you are partial to George Orwell's works. He did a couple good fiction works, Nineteen-Eighty-Four being one of them. Another one he did, if you want to emulate his style, would be Animal Farm. It's a short little thing, but a very good book.

Another writer you might be interested in, if you're looking for something Orwellian in style, I think would be A.E. van Vogt. He was an SF writer back in the 1930's and 40's. Some of his books include Slan, The Voyage of the Space Beagle, and The World of Null A. All very good books that I would highly recommend.

But whatever you do, find works that you think would interest you. I would never recommend you not read at all. Once I would have, but that was in the past. I find now that my own writing suffers greatly if I'm not reading something I enjoy, whether it be the style of writing or the subject matter in a novel. What matters is that you feed your mind so that your mind can produce what you want it to produce.

Think of it this way, J.R.: if you put hard work into an automobile, but don't put in the proper fuel, it won't run. The same thing is true of a writer's imagination. To get something out, you first have to put something in.

But if you don't fill the gas tank back up, the car will quit running. In the same way, if you starve your imagination of a good enjoyable read, your imagination will eventually run dry. I know this from experience: I went through the exact same scenario a few years ago.


Again, J.R., it's good to meet you, and I hope you'll peruse the forums. You'll find a lot of good information here. I would suggest the 'Writing Novels' forum to you. It's all about, well, novels. Also, you might want to take a look at the 'Goals and Accomplishments' forum. People there are constantly posting about their goals and what they accomplish of those goals. It's a very encouraging forum to read.


In any case, I hope you enjoy the forums; and again, welcome to the Water Cooler.