My Writing Aspirations

Recently, I have been thinking a good deal about putting my hand at writing some short stories – science fiction stories to be exact. I have a lot of interesting ideas that I would like to put down on paper, but I have been having a tough time on the process. Everywhere I read on the internet, they say ‘write, write, write’ without worrying about editing, but I end up with about 1-2 pages of semi-coherent story which is much more of an ‘info dump’ than an actual story. I realize that I am not alone with this problem – so many of the science fiction stories and movies that I consume get bogged down in creating the details of their world (history, technology, culture, etc.) rather than an actual plot.

In order to help me get on the right track, I have signed up for a creative writing course at a local college. I haven’t written any fiction seriously since high school (7 years ago) and even then it always seemed like a chore to me. I hope that this will help me with the structure to create an interesting story. Also, it has been a good 3 years since I have learned in any sort of ’school’ setting and I am hoping that learning in a more structured environment will help me succeed and help prevent this writing bug as another failed creative effort.

I’m going to try my best to share some of my journey on here – win, lose or draw!