It's the witching hour again. Joy of joys, I can't sleep. So, I shuffle out of bed and decide to at least make an attempt at something productive. Blogging. Why not? Authors should have a blog and yet I haven't been able to do so with much success. The audience is out there, I'm just not approaching this in a way that resonates with them or, honestly, me. Lying in bed, eyes unable to close, it dawned on me why I've neglected working on a blog.
I made it a chore.
I've been so concerned with making some big professional blog packed with the sort of academic information that would verify how writerly I am, that it felt like writing a bunch of essays. Probably read that way as well. So, screw that. It's no fun for anyone.
I'm switching gears. No strict story structure explanations or character sheets here; there's tons of sites out there that discuss those topics beautifully.
This will be a blog about my thoughts on story creation and where I find inspiration. This will get messy as I'm not organized or methodical. But I'm hopeful that maybe sharing maybe I might help out someone else whose writing process is similar. Or at least be entertaining in my oddness.
Without further ado, an introduction:
I'm Van Essler. I'm a writer and this is a view into my story building head.
