When I created this blog I created a personal space for myself. I have another blog, which I love dearly and have no plans of quitting (ever), but, while there was always a pocket of space there for my own thoughts and writings, it has always been dedicated to books and I want to keep it that way. Fernweh (which is German for "Wanderlust" or "farsickness") is something I created to really let myself just be myself.
The first part of this blog is for my thoughts and emotions and meltdowns and good times and bad times and strange times and all those other times when I just need to talk or write down what happened. I've already posted things like this. Yes, sometimes I'll be a downer on here, but that's because it's where I put things that I need to say and have no one to say them to. If I don't say them, or express them, things get worse. And I want to be honest on here, I don't want to just show the good times I want to show the bad times. But I realize there have been a lot of bad times lately so I hope soon there will be good times to talk about as well.
The second part of this blog is for my writing. On my other blog I talk about writing whenever something big happens in my writing but I feel like it's become distracting on that blog and I wanted a place where I could dedicate most of the posts to writing and how my stories are going. So this is going to be that place. More in a few paragraphs.
The "maybe third" part of this blog is for my adventures. I've always wanted to go on a bunch of adventures around the world and just enjoy myself and all the cultures I happen to cross and explore. Well, I don't really have the finances for those sorts of adventures (yet) but whenever I do something I determine to be an adventure I'll be posting about it here. This sort of goes with the first part, but it's also a bit separate. Someday I hope all three parts will intersect into something beautiful.
My Writing
I wanted to set down some goals for my writing. In general I've got pretty lofty dreams. But, hey, shoot for the moon, right? I'd rather be among the stars anyways.
First of all, I want to publish a novel. Hell, I want to publish a bunch of novels and I want them to be wildly successful. I don't expect this to be an overnight, debut book sort of journey, but I want to continue writing for the rest of my life and I want to someday see my name at the top of the New York Times Bestselling List so that I can print it out and frame it on my wall and look at it and smile.
Second of all, I want to write a movie script. And a TV script. Actually, several TV scripts. As for the movie script, though, there are two stories in my head that I really want to make real. Not only do I want to write the scripts but I want to direct the movies. And someday I want to be a successful director/screenwriter and have my movie nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. And I want my movie to win it. I don't know what that movie will be, but I want it to happen.
Third of all, I want to write a graphic novel/comic series. I have two ideas but I can't draw for the life of me. So I hope to meet someone who can and who shares my passion for a few ideas I have. This isn't my main goal at the moment, but I plan on making it happen sooner or later. I love the ideas I have for the series' and graphic novels are the best form.
Fourth of all, I want my books to gain a fandom following and I want to see people's art and fanfic and love for the series and I want it to change people's lives the way reading and books have changed my life. I want my books to make people feel like they have hope. I want aspiring writers to look at my work and say it made them want to write and I want to influence the next generation of writers to create even greater things.
Those are my goals. I don't want them to sound like I think a lot of myself (trust me, I actually think very lowly of myself) and that I'm just a prodigy or something. I know I'm not I just want to put the goals out there because they are my dreams and God help me there is nothing that can keep me away from reaching these dreams except myself. If I work hard enough for long enough and never give up I can get these things done. And hey, if you're reading this post you can totally help keep me honest and remind me that I have lofty dreams so I better kick my own ass and get to getting things done!
As for what I'm writing at the moment, I have three projects. I might create a tab for these works at some point but ehhhh I kinda want this to be a one page blog for reasons.
My main project (and the one I talked about the other week when I said I was at the halfway point) is The Queen's Ransom (TQR) and is a novella (I think- it may just end up being a really, really short novel, we'll see) about a girl named Jocelyn who is cursed and by partaking in the Queen's Ransom, a quest, she may be able to cure herself. It's more complicated than this, but I don't want to reveal too much at the moment because it's in a fluid state where huge plot points are still changing.
My side project, and the next novel I'll be writing, is a series that is near and dear to my heart. I had the idea for this series back in junior year of high school (currently a college sophomore) and it has stuck with me ever since in such stark colors that I can't help but write it. It's a steampunk trilogy (for now...) called The Wheel and Cog Chronicles. The first book, of which I've been doing a lot of prewriting, is Wheel and Cog (WaC). Haha, no description to share yet because, well, it's a hard one to describe and once I start drafting it and actually getting it on paper it might be easier to explain but we'll see.
The third project, which is a stress reliever more than anything else is called Lamp and Mirror (LaM). It's going to be a series of short stories or episodes that I plan on posting on this blog when I've got quite a few written. I have no plans to publish this in any traditional way whatsoever I want it to be a free resource online for people to enjoy (hopefully) so the plan is to write the stories, edit the stories, publish them here for feedback and for your enjoyment, edit them a little more and then put them on kindle for free (perhaps all bound up together just to make it easier). We'll see but hopefully I'll be done with this little project around Christmastime. No description for this one yet, either, since I'm still in the plotting stage.
Well, that's me for now.
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