Why I Write Fiction
The subject that most interests me in writing is mystery. When you don't know something, it's your tendency to want to find out the answer. I like writing about either treasure hunts or the bad guys searching for relics that would help them rule the world. In this case, the good guy would have to do some research to find out what he's dealing with, if he's to stand a chance against what's coming. The plot of the story seems to build itself when you have something hidden that no one can find. What I believe should be the case with this journal is a finely-tuned suggestion of what some things are that one could write about; not a "search" for something meaningful to write about. Some will say they like to write about love but love can be written as part of a mystery story; it doesn't necessarily have to do anything with the story. It sounds to me like the lecture wants us to plan to write something fictional by studying books which are beyond our grasp. In the whole I give the subject to be written about a C because it took an effort to interest us, the writers, but failed in its purpose for being under-suggestive.
I did not chose three text because I haven't read much by dead authors. I chose three books by a live author. Good Omens, A hat full of Sky, and Maurice and his Educated Rodents. These books are the works of an English writer named Terry Pratchett and all are works of genius comedy. Good Omens is also credited to Neil Gaiman. These books don't define the mystery genre but they do provide stories that lighten the spirit and loosen the tight knots of writers block that some people may get because of the stresses of real life.
I don't write with holes because you tend to fall inside them and not be able to dig yourself out. I write from outside the hole and watch things as they fall in. I'm not saying that the book doesn't have a good idea; that you work yourself out of the hole creatively but why fall into the holes when you can set them up so others can fall. It's the nature of people to think as the hunter, not the hunted.
Published by Jose Zuniga
I'm an English Major attending California State University, Los Angeles. Currently, writing in bulk in the poetry and fantasy genres. View profile
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