1. I wrote the beginning of this story and the bare outline of it is: a woman, an archaeologist, walks into a room that her and her team have just unearthed and when she emerges she is in a different time, living a different life. She slowly forgets her old life and begins to believe she belongs in the new time period. I was thinking Second World War or something similar. She will do something that will change the course of history. I was excited about this idea but when I began to try and figure out the details I got all tied in a knot. What could she do to change the world? was my main problem. But maybe if I work on it, one day it could be a good idea.
2. A semi-autobiographical book about a woman in her 20's who is struggling with finding what she needs to do, who she should be with, where she should live etc. I have never really attempted to write a realistic book, everything I have written seems to have some kind of magical twist so it would be an interesting challenge. My main problem is how to keep it interesting? I know it can be done because I have read many brilliant and interesting books on a similar theme. I think it would just take a lot of planning. 3. A thriller! I would love to write something like this. My mind was running along the lines of a babysitter in a house on her own and finding out something she shouldn't have about the people she is babysitting for. Writing to scare people would be a real challenge! I have thought about this as a short story because I couldn't really see how you would stretch it out to a longer book. Also I couldn't really think of any books I have read that are longer thriller books, that are actually scary. Can you? So these are the bare bones of some of my ideas. And this is literally as far as I have got with them. Anyway I am off to read a book about self publishing so I will let you know if there are any useful tips. Hopefully there's a very big section about how to work on your ideas and turn them into novels!
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AuthorMy name is Sally. I like writing. I also like reading. In fact without books I would be kind of lost. Oh and I also think the internet's not too bad either. Archives
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