The Kind of Writing I Like

The kind of writing that I like are mostly creative writing and the occasional poetry. Although I have tried my hand at writing formal essays, advertisements and whatnot, the formal language comes harder to me compared to writing fictional works.

Writing fictional works allow met to create new worlds where I am the creator, the person who dictates the living and the dead, the surroundings and its laws. I am able to explore various personalities of my characters through writing, put down their story into ink and paper. I can make up languages used by only the people in my story, draw up conflict and watch my story and character grow.

Sometimes it is like my characters have a mind of their own. Although I have plotted out most of the story line, there are a few occasions (Okay, I admit it, all the time), they like to take their destiny in their own hands and spin their own tale without sticking to the plot outline that I have laid out beautifully for them. There is this elation when you finish a story, even if it is only around 100,000 words, that swelling balloon of happiness in your stomach and the tears flowing from your eyes when you read the story that your characters have chose to tell. This is why I love fictional works. They are original, and they contain a piece of your soul, something that can trigger emotions in readers when they read your story. Their laughter, their tears, their frustrations at the character's obstinacy and faults, it fills the gap in your soul where you have poured into the story.

If given a choice, I'll go for the fantasy genre all the time. Paranormal comes as a close second, for the paranormal word can be as flexible as the fantasy world. The fantasy I love are epic-fantasy, high-fantasy and contemporary fantasy, although urban-fantasy can be interesting as well. When writing paranormal stories, I tend to stay out of horror, and delve into the romantic aspect of the genre.