I was reading a book today and one of the characters is a writer. And a thought struck me about my own writing. I tend toward fictionalizing my life story because I want to tell the story.
But what holds me back is the outline of most stories is to get from point A to point B and then a conclusion. I liken it to the Brady Bunch episodes. There's a problem or conflict, there are struggles to work it all out and then there's the solution, which is usually a happy ending.
But thats not how real life works, is it? Our direction of travel isn't a straight line from A to B. If your life is anything like mine, its A to c to F to w to B ... no straight line, lots of side trips and do we ever truly get to the solution or happy ending?
Which brings me back to my main struggle in writing: how to narrow the story down to a main idea, A to B ?? Which is why it probably won't be a completed story.
I wonder if acknowledging this will be a way to bring my story in to focus?
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