My Writing Style
I write in the living room, in the middle of pure chaos. I will write any time of day. My desk is crowded and cluttered. On the second level of my desk is an old monitor, and on top of the monitor is a stack of books on apologetics and some papers. Next to me is the loveseat that belongs to the other couple that my husband and I live with. They both smoke, and often the cigarette smoke waftes over into my face. Directly in front is the other couple’s computer desk, and behind that is my husband’s computer desk. We also have a lab puppy, who is a hyper little thing, and I’m constantly having to keep him from chewing on pretty much everything.
I write a lot of fanfiction, which is basically stories written about and involving characters from books, tv shows, movies, and such, and written purely for the writer’s own entertainment, so it falls under the fair use clause of copywrite law. I also write short stories, novels, participate in National Novel Writing Month, some essays, my general blog, my restaraunt review blog, and, of course, whatever I have to write for school.
I like sci-fi/fantasy and historical fiction. I also really like fairy tales. When it comes to academic writing and reading, it really depends on the subject. I won’t touch math or science, but I do like history, especially if it is on costuming, the Rennaisance, Titanic, or the Civil War.
I like to write in one big sprawl, mostly because I procrastinate. If I realize I screwed something up or that I forgot something, I’ll go back later and fix it. I also loop, going back.
Do I feel like I’m a good writer? Yeah, I do. I at least feel like I’m better than Christopher Paolini. He follows the hero’s journey far too closely, and his plot lines are far too predictable, and that is what happens when homeschooling goes unchecked and parents are allowed to use the “unschooling” method, not forcing their children to actually study anything if they don’t want to.
