Discovering My Writing Flaws

The title of this post basically says it all.

Everyone has their own writing flaws, things that cause the writer to look their book and think, "Was I high when I wrote this?" or "What uneducated 10 year old wrote this?"  Today I discovered some of my very own writing flaws, and I want to dedicate this post to that.  I always want to point out that a Writing Flaw is not necessarily something you do "wrong" but it is more of something you do that could use improvement.

So the first thing I do that's "wrong" is rush my story.  I have a very hard time writing the beginning of the book because I want to get to the meat of my story;  or if you're a vegetarian, the fruit of the story.  When I begin a book, while I don't necessarily have a step-by-step plot outline, I know what the main climax is going to be, so most of the book is me writing to see how my characters get to the climax.  I love seeing my characters take on a life of their own.

The problem with that is that these characters aren't supposed to know all holy hell is about to break loose in their world, which means I have to train myself to not force the climax to come quicker than it needs to.  While I go through and edit BEFORE I BREAK, I am definitely adding a lot more things than there was originally going to be.

Secondly, I am terrible at description.  When I read a book, I always get annoyed if an author uses too much description, describing every intricate detail about the room.  Like, seriously, I do not need a whole paragraph describing the color of the wall.  So when I write, I tend to lack writing description and realize when I read my book it's difficult to imagine things in my head, or at least it would be for a reader.

Today is the day that I fix those problems.  While I edit, I hope I can make BEFORE I BREAK one of the best books you guys have ever read.  Be sure to check out my GoFundMe page, my Facebook page, and my book on GoodReads.

http://www.gofundme.com/alecbellebook

https://www.facebook.com/alecbellefanpage?ref=hl&ref_type=bookmark

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22573592-before-i-break