Blog of Bermanism

For a long time now (going on around 15 years), I’ve had this itch to write a science fiction/fantasy novel. I’ve had, what I think, is a really great idea for novel for a really long time and I’d love to start getting it down on paper. It is the sort of story that should write itself once it is started and could really delve into some interesting topics. The idea of it is inspired by many of the ideas put forth by my favorite author, Orson Scott Card. I’m not going to reveal anything about the storyline, in case I ever do get to write it, but suffice it to say that if you even remotely enjoyed Ender’s Game, you’ll probably like the premise of my story.

The problem is, of course, that I most certainly do not have time to do something like this. Most authors completely immerse themselves in a project like a novel and only experience the world they’re creating for few months. Then, they edit the crap out of it, rewrite parts of the story, make it go somewhere else, then finally show it to an editor and have them get an publisher interested in it. The process takes a lot of time. And, as most of you know, time is something that I do not have in abundance. At all. In fact, I can’t even get enough time to regularly post in this blog, except for brief flurries of activity spaced out by a few months in between.

That being said, I’ve wanted to explore the creative side of writing ever since I was in college. This interest was renewed when my friend Chris did the “Write a novel in a month” challenge. So, I want to figure out how to do this. The problem with me is that, when I decide to do something, I want to do it very well. If I can’t do it well, I don’t do it at all. Hence the reason why my blog posts are so few and far between. I usually want to write very in-depth posts about a wide array of topics, and me just sitting down and spraying out my thoughts onto your screen just isn’t good enough for me. So, I’d rather not post.

This is an aspect of my personality that I’m trying to change (hence this post, which really doesn’t say anything). So, I think I’m going to try to start writing this thing, but I’m going to do it a little bit at a time. I’ll only work on it for 15 or 20 minutes/day, and only on days that I have an extra 15 or 20 minutes, and it is OK if it takes me 15 years to finish. Once I have the first chapter done, I think I’ll post it here and see if people like it. If it is liked, I’ll continue with it. If it sucks, or writing a novel is just not something that I can do, then I won’t do it and I’ll have my non-existent free time back. Rachel would tell me that this is insane and that I have so many other things to do. And, she would be absolutely right. But, life is short and you can make time for things that are important to you. What do you think, should I write it?

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