What should I write? That is a question all new writers ask themselves. In fact this is one of the most difficult questions to answer.
The quick and dirty answer is of course "Whatever I Darn Well Please!" (I try to keep it on a PG level ;^D). But the real answer is a bit more complicated and needs to be looked at on various levels.
First of all it depends whether you are writing for yourself or for others. That is are you writing for yourself or are you writing on spec for others (i.e. an assigned article, book, SOP or manual for a business or product). If you are writing on spec for others then, well it is spelled out what and how you need to write. However if you are writing for yourself, then this is the article for you.
Then you need to determine what you like to read. As you read, ask yourself:
What is it about those books that you like?
Is there anything you feel you could do better?
Did you wish it ended differently?
How would you have liked the characters to interact?
These are just examples of the questions that should be going through your mind. If they do, congratulations you have found your forte, the almighty genre you've been looking for.
But wait, what if you find yourself doing this to two different genres? Well you are in luck, because having a choice is always a good option to have. The trick here is to write out stories in each one. Whichever one you find yourself writing more, and interesting stories, well that's where your true interest lies.
The thing is there is no "right answer" to the main question, you just need to follow your heart and see where it leads. Never write something just because it seems to be the current fad. If you do this and you aren't really interested in the subject, your writing will be dry, uninteresting and flat. Its like the bad book you read, the bad movie or play you see where the actors just seem to be going through the motions. Yes a lot of these do make it out to the public, but you don't have to contribute to the flotsam and jetsam of the art world.
Follow your heart, readers will know.
Come back next time for more tips, tricks and techniques to assist you in your writing,marketing and sales efforts. Remember we're all in this together and I'm pulling for you.
Mahalo.
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