sometimes, taking a 10 seconds break from the world can go a long way.

i'm inspired to write a novels of some sort. recently with the heavy reading of brilliantly written fiction over the net i feel my fingers itching to write a story of my own- except it never works out except the short little fics which i had written a few years back and have no clue whatsoever on grammar and good plots.

i have come to a realisation that good stories are plotted extensively with diagrams to allow the author to imagine in order for them to write. the best thing about fiction on the web is that they include a running commentary which enables us aspiring writers to learn from. the tips were most useful but i think i still have a difficult time trying to come up with a plot. the problem with me is that half of the time i write on impulse and halfway through an exciting part of the story i'm-stuck.

i guess that's why short stories suit me and well- added to the fact that i still get reviews on short little ficlets which i wrote when i was 12. despite the fact that it had no plot and just basically drabbles.

and now that i'm older, i guess the pressure is there to write better fiction and to get tons of feedback. i'm sure many of the authors i've read initially started out with little or no reviews at all, except their perseverance allowed them to continue and now they receive a respectable amount of (good) comments. of course, their profile certainly indicates they are much older than me and perhaps i shouldn't feel so small then.

okay, zong must remember she writes what she wants to write. but damnit, sometimes she is glaringly lazy.

sloth is going to be her downfall.

in other artistic aspirations, i think i'm going to change my layout. this time with the pictures i took with my camera so that when i enter privatehaven it won't have the boring colours of black and white. i think i'm finally out of that phase. i'll probably put pictures as well of the surroundings i take with my camera, i realise i have some nice shots. i'll upload the photos that people have been bugging me for- soon.