I haven't read anything of yours, but you seem intelligent and well read. You seem able to formulate a thought and get it out there so that people can understand. I don't think writing stories would be beyond you, especially if you had people to bounce ideas off (which I'm happy to volunteer to do if nobody else will).
Something I tend to find useful is a story plan. Writing by the seat of your pants can be fun, but from long experience, I know that the plot progression can become impossible to follow after a while if you're just improvising all the time. When I did nano this year, it all started out really easily, but by the three-quarters point, inconsistencies were creeping in left right and centre. I kept having to ask the people who were reading my chapters whether they could remember certain things I MIGHT have put in, or just imagined I did. And that was *with* a plan! Admittedly, the plan fell apart around about chapter 14 and I had to improvise the whole middle section of the book... but you can't win em all :P
Anyway, DO IT! Write your story and then we'll pester you until you send it to us for the reading! :)
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Something I tend to find useful is a story plan. Writing by the seat of your pants can be fun, but from long experience, I know that the plot progression can become impossible to follow after a while if you're just improvising all the time. When I did nano this year, it all started out really easily, but by the three-quarters point, inconsistencies were creeping in left right and centre. I kept having to ask the people who were reading my chapters whether they could remember certain things I MIGHT have put in, or just imagined I did. And that was *with* a plan! Admittedly, the plan fell apart around about chapter 14 and I had to improvise the whole middle section of the book... but you can't win em all :P
Anyway, DO IT! Write your story and then we'll pester you until you send it to us for the reading! :)