I'm thinking of writing a book. I've always loved reading and thought I'd like to write something myself. I'm conducting a little survey of my readership here and would like to ask:
Should I write fiction, non-fiction, or nothing at all?
Please give your reasons as well. If I don't receive any comments, I'll be forced to write a science-fiction romance novel. Yes, I'm losing my mind. I thought I'd just go with it.
4 comments:
I vote for non fiction because you are matter of fact and to the point. However, a sci fi romance novel would be intruiging as well :)
...although, CS Lewis was pretty matter of fact yet he wrote some classic fiction. So I am not so sure I vote for non-fiction. Here's my suggestion; why don't you write a little snipit of both a non fiction and fiction and then we can give you better feed back.
The only problem with tackling that genre is I'm doomed to count myself a failure by comparing my writing to theirs. I love the fiction of both of those authors. It would be some kind of strange dream world for sure if I could come up with something even remotely as readable. But maybe I could learn something from trying? I'll think about it. I first have to ascertain how serious I really am about this idea since it sounds like a lot of work. I could write a cookbook though. I forgot about that.
Thanks for the helpful advice and recommended reading. I'm always looking for great books I've never read (though I'm quite content to re-read when I'm stuck).
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