How does an idea form? Where does it come from? It starts with a notion or a feeling and grows from there. A song gets stuck in your head or a memory suddenly becomes more clear and a seed is planted. A writer takes a notion, starts thinking about it and it becomes an idea. While Candles Burn came to be in this same manner. I started thinking about what would make a good short story. What could have a strong narrative but also be contained in the word count limit of a short story? I thought about the journals I used to keep in middle school. I would write them as if the day's event happened to someone else and I was just an observer so if someone read it, the contents wouldn't link back to me. The mind of a middle-schooler works in illogical
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As an avid and adventurous reader, I've seen a trend in the topics of published stories. Vampires everywhere, shapeshifters galore, the stereotypical heterosexual relationship filled with the typical rifts formed from avoidable arguments have over-saturated the market. Unfortunately, that means this is what readers want to read. There has also been an increase in self-published ebooks, which have lead to a shockingly large amount of poorly written, poorly developed, and unedited books saturating the market. It makes me wonder about how good works from unknown authors can even get published by reputable publishing houses anymore. I am still going to try and get my work published. I found a way to fill these niches with stories that have substance and deeper meaning while being well written and quality works. Getting them published is another …show more content…
My personal goals are not as noble as my professional ones. When I graduate I'm going to be sitting on almost 75k of student loan debt, personally, I want to get a few pieces in publication to start generating some income from that to help pay for the bills. Professionally, I need to get published so I have a better chance at securing a job teaching at a college. For now, those are the two biggest goals I have, get published and get a teaching job at a college. Lastly, I will use this new focus the way I previously mentioned, to finish several of my novels. I'm halfway done with one of them now. I have high hopes of getting it published by the end of next
As an avid and adventurous reader, I've seen a trend in the topics of published stories. Vampires everywhere, shapeshifters galore, the stereotypical heterosexual relationship filled with the typical rifts formed from avoidable arguments have over-saturated the market. Unfortunately, that means this is what readers want to read. There has also been an increase in self-published ebooks, which have lead to a shockingly large amount of poorly written, poorly developed, and unedited books saturating the market. It makes me wonder about how good works from unknown authors can even get published by reputable publishing houses anymore. I am still going to try and get my work published. I found a way to fill these niches with stories that have substance and deeper meaning while being well written and quality works. Getting them published is another …show more content…
My personal goals are not as noble as my professional ones. When I graduate I'm going to be sitting on almost 75k of student loan debt, personally, I want to get a few pieces in publication to start generating some income from that to help pay for the bills. Professionally, I need to get published so I have a better chance at securing a job teaching at a college. For now, those are the two biggest goals I have, get published and get a teaching job at a college. Lastly, I will use this new focus the way I previously mentioned, to finish several of my novels. I'm halfway done with one of them now. I have high hopes of getting it published by the end of next