I plan my way

I've been falling asleep at 10pm each night and waking up at 6am to go to the gym. The feeling of being constantly tired is an understatement.

But enough with excuses, my time hasn't exactly been productive with this various world building and character creation malarkey. Usually I will just write and I will have no plans at all. In my head it's almost like there are files on each character and what they are like and all that kind of thing. Everything unfolds with some kind of sense about it.

I found character building and planning so hard. So I stopped, and I know that's bad but this whole planning thing is not what I do at all. I have decided to just write a first person novel from a female perspective for a genre which is quite dominated by men: fantasy.

I do take pride in creating flawed characters. The main woman will be extremely arrogant and immature at first. However as the story progresses I am hoping for a turnaround in her personality if it suits the story at hand.

One of the main men, this girl's brother will be completely different. Noble and a natural leader, he is suited to becoming a force to be reckoned with. However I would say his inexperience as a leader means he is naive.

And as for the world? In my head I know how it looks, there are separate countries and the novel is just one country's struggle.

So currently for me, I'm writing the first chapter to inspire me to hopefully get some planning down so I know what I need to do. I need to not focus on how others plan, but use my version of planning myself!

This is it, it's happening

Gosh this has been a long time coming.

At the beginning of 2015 I think I realised I wasn't happy. I don't know what happened but one day I woke up and realised I couldn't end up in the PR industry for my whole life. I wanted to do something alongside it which would be fulfilling and great for me.

And that thing is writing. Ever since I was a kid I know I've had such a vivid and amazing imagination that I could occupy myself with my own stories for ages. When I became I teenager I started to write spin off bits and pieces from already created worlds. By the time I turned 18/19 I started writing my first original novel which currently sits in my laptop hardrive gaining dust.

I just lost motivation. I think I just kept editing the story too much it confused me. I didn't plan properly and it made me lose interest. Around this time I also stopped reading for pleasure. The last time this happened was when I was doing (the hell that was) English Literature at A-Level.

And I guess the past year in particular has made me realise how important it is to do the things you truly want to do. I don't want to put it off anymore. As my career of a PR and Marketing person begins, I think it is only fair my life as a writer starts too.

And so I'm going to challenge myself. I will write regular blogs with my writing updates. I will also spend this next week planning and drafting characters and story arcs. After then, I want to try and write at least 1000 words each day.

So there's my promise to myself, I just hope with working full time and moving soon I can do it!