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- rssllue
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Do you write only in one genre?
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for Thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. ~ Psalms 4:8
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It may be an old adage but 'variety is the spice of life' is my mantra.
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When I first started writing, I felt like I was only writing the same thing again and again (it was always dramatic stories about young people with common mental illnesses: depression, panic attack disorder, anxiety, etc, or young people dealing with the death of a loved one... because that's what I had experienced at the time) but then I forced myself to branch out and try other things that were "lighter" and I ended up finding out that it was also good for me emotionally.
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I guess that the point of this story is that you have to find your niche.
I do have another idea for a short story: The Therapist Who Knew Too Much. I ran the plot by my dad and he seemed horrified.
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Like most young writers, I started with what's now termed "fanfic" (fan fiction) -- I wrote a short Tarzan story and then a John Carter of Mars story -- my dad was an early science fiction/fantasy fan and I had read all the original Tarzan books and other Burroughs books when I was quite young. These stories are thankfully long lost.
But "wholesome" was never in my vocabulary. In fact, when I wrote a short mystery story for high school English class, the teacher was "appalled" at my language and violence, and phoned my parents. Dad told her that I had his approval to write whatever I wanted, and to read whatever, too. And that the teacher should just grade me on the quality of my writing. She was not amused and gave me a "D" on the story, which my dad laughed at. It took me a while to see the humor in it.
So I've always written graphic fiction, still do. Some of my friends have said that my mind is in the gutter, with a few of my horror short stories. When I'm told that, I know that I'm on target! ha ha (My girlfriend still won't read some of my stuff.)
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