Science Fiction seems a bit intimidating because good SF seems to need 'big' concepts...
Science Fiction seems a bit intimidating because good SF seems to need 'big' concepts and I'm not really a conceptual writer (fantasy, however, does not which is why I've written a lot of fantasy). Working out a 'true' mystery is difficult, as opposed to the crime stories I've written where the protagonist just sort of blunders to a conclusion. Like I do when writing them.
. . . If you don't read it, you can't write it.
I have a book brewing that is about an evil creature (or maybe that isn't what he really is) from the 5th century and a woman originally from the 21st century. There's no getting around it, it's a love story, but I don't want it to be a romance. I suppose that doesn't make much sense you, but it does to me. I have no idea how to write it.Romance. Lack of sufficient laboratory experience.
caw
Since there is no HEA for Catherine and Heathcliff (and no mutual death doesn't count... )
In which genre of literature do any of you find the challenging to write?
Literary is just terrifying to me because it requires that you be a good Writer writer, and have an amazing sense of language. ... And then to fill an entire book's worth with beautiful, lyrical sentences is just... nope. Don't have it in me. I think I manage to squeeze in maaaaybe three or four somewhat-nice-more-than-strictly-functional sentences into a 100K book and that's about my limit.
Then read this literary work that won a Pulitzer. Not at all terrifying, a pretty danged funny look at the human condition through the disapproving gaze of its anti-hero.
Literary is just terrifying to me because it requires that you be a good Writer writer, and have an amazing sense of language. I like to think I can do character, and dialog and even structure my plots decently, and I think I do okay with action sequences as well once the monsters/giant robots have to duke it out. But writing a sentence that is beautiful? I can't think of anything harder. And then to fill an entire book's worth with beautiful, lyrical sentences is just... nope. Don't have it in me. I think I manage to squeeze in maaaaybe three or four somewhat-nice-more-than-strictly-functional sentences into a 100K book and that's about my limit.
Internet forums. Seems hard to use proper grammar on them.
Jeff
The genres I find challenging to write, are the genres I find boring to read.
If you don't read it, you can't write it.