Two more ideas
I have often thought about trying to go into politics. Unforrunately I lack many things i would need to be a successful politician: money, reputation and connections. To overcome these I thought I would need to do something rather unconventional to stand out from any ordinary politician.
Of course, since I have decided to focus on writing I have neither the time nor the willpower to do any of it. Still, I think about it often and last night it occured to me that I could turn these adventures in my head into a story. I rather like that idea, and it would be different from my normal sci-fi oriented themes.
My other idea travels along the same veign. One of the other things I have thought about is what I would do if I wrote religious books or became a pastor. I have thought about that a lot because public speaking is something I enjoy and preaching looks like fun.
In deciding what to do with my life I ultimately rejected this as a possibility because it was too comfortable a thought.
Writing, politics, preaching and comedian were all things I heavily considered workinh toward. Unfortunately I am not that funny, and preaching/politicking sounded too simple... Like I could always do those if I wanted. Writing stuck with me. What a challenge that would be! In a world growing more dependent on video games, television and iphones (on which i am typing this by the way) becoming a writer seems almost absurd.
Still, I want to express myself. I want to put my philosophy and emotion down in a way that people will read it and either learn from it or send me hatemail. I look forward to both.
So as for my second idea, I would like to explore the fiction of a young man becoming a pastor and religious writer.
I have often thought about writing my own religious fiction, but the only religious fiction i would really want to compare to would be C.S. Lewis, and how could I ever hope to compare to that?
The only other religious fiction I have read and enjoyed were the Left Behind books, but I equate their educated reading level to that of the average Harry Potter fan. I do not want my own writing to end up like that.
Of course, since I have decided to focus on writing I have neither the time nor the willpower to do any of it. Still, I think about it often and last night it occured to me that I could turn these adventures in my head into a story. I rather like that idea, and it would be different from my normal sci-fi oriented themes.
My other idea travels along the same veign. One of the other things I have thought about is what I would do if I wrote religious books or became a pastor. I have thought about that a lot because public speaking is something I enjoy and preaching looks like fun.
In deciding what to do with my life I ultimately rejected this as a possibility because it was too comfortable a thought.
Writing, politics, preaching and comedian were all things I heavily considered workinh toward. Unfortunately I am not that funny, and preaching/politicking sounded too simple... Like I could always do those if I wanted. Writing stuck with me. What a challenge that would be! In a world growing more dependent on video games, television and iphones (on which i am typing this by the way) becoming a writer seems almost absurd.
Still, I want to express myself. I want to put my philosophy and emotion down in a way that people will read it and either learn from it or send me hatemail. I look forward to both.
So as for my second idea, I would like to explore the fiction of a young man becoming a pastor and religious writer.
I have often thought about writing my own religious fiction, but the only religious fiction i would really want to compare to would be C.S. Lewis, and how could I ever hope to compare to that?
The only other religious fiction I have read and enjoyed were the Left Behind books, but I equate their educated reading level to that of the average Harry Potter fan. I do not want my own writing to end up like that.
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