Trying

I have been trying to write more...well, it's not like I never do, it's just that I try to hard when I sit down and write that I get frustrated and it seems that I don't get anything done really. So now, I have spent a lot of the day trying to get in some kind of writing mood so that I can concentrate and write some good stuff.

My problem is, I think I have found out, is that I am seeing that stories are much more complex than I ever imagined, and that to write a good story is to expend a fantastic amount of effort which produces something entirely amazing.

No, I have not done so yet. Never have I felt really satisfied with a story. Sure, I can tell a story, no problem, I could tell forty seven of them right now. I just have to start writing something, anything. I could write "the cat was born with no left paw" and then write a story about it. I would write how I usually do, and make it enjoyable to read, quite possibly, but what I realize now is that there is much more to a story than I ever thought. To transform yourself from a "storyteller" to a "writer" you have to do so much more, you have to have a moment when everything...when everything is written in such a way that it brings tears to your eyes. Even stuff that is not sad will affect the reader, just because of the stuff that is in the story.

No, I do not explain myself well, but I never do. Basically, I am trying my hardest to not simply tell a story, but take it a step farther and really WRITE. That is my goal for the next week...I hope I can come up with something.