https://www.ananeu.com/writing-blog daily 0.75 2026-02-06 https://www.ananeu.com/writing-blog/seoul-short-story-a-spielberg-sort-of-love monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://www.ananeu.com/writing-blog/9ojoynx1n0nov5k3hbmdomm7tojf8f monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9620a2b9c8d5bc54be3b6/1738031753001-N3KMRAEKG1L61WHBWS7A/454175803_491728813473810_136449229207735979_n.jpg writing blog - “The author’s dilemma” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9620a2b9c8d5bc54be3b6/1738031753708-WHRVLWZK8GBDUJ3D7NTA/454489611_983097023502215_8119119862719091976_n.jpg writing blog - “The author’s dilemma” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9620a2b9c8d5bc54be3b6/1738031754992-REQBJ9YLP608OCZDIKCN/462574605_503805775401349_2527023268194726491_n+%281%29.jpg writing blog - “The author’s dilemma” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9620a2b9c8d5bc54be3b6/1738031757269-HIBFBCHKA2JJ9CKCDP9N/462571706_1543019663757713_7528194548009207257_n.jpg writing blog - “The author’s dilemma” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9620a2b9c8d5bc54be3b6/1738031759263-AQJPAW9X0ZKWIPFTH038/470051813_1627548794517349_7042801172169287042_n.jpg writing blog - “The author’s dilemma” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9620a2b9c8d5bc54be3b6/1738031760681-TRDQNPHTKD19AJ4PD0N7/462584379_497232353374198_4041024737776840998_n.jpg writing blog - “The author’s dilemma” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9620a2b9c8d5bc54be3b6/1738031762199-BKCCICJS02E1U7LLUKCH/462585094_513210141755576_6564368765801413557_n.jpg writing blog - “The author’s dilemma” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9620a2b9c8d5bc54be3b6/1738031764326-TRPT9KANLARRMPWJJ7FN/462571699_592314280151324_1979409292407185100_n.jpg writing blog - “The author’s dilemma” https://www.ananeu.com/writing-blog/being-a-writer-is-more-than-just-writing-3-writing-tips-i-learned-in-2024 monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9620a2b9c8d5bc54be3b6/5d97fd38-3833-4dd6-a501-a62832db2d7e/462565895_3731958220447735_4697264353027732268_n+%281%29.jpg writing blog - “Being a writer is more than just writing” - If you are acquainted with my many projects - you would know that I have quite a diverse pallet. This may not be a very practical tip - in regards to getting novels finished per se - but following your writing mood is a really important thing. Since I have so many different projects, I have started them - or return to them - when the mood to write them, comes. Sometimes I really feel like writing a fantasy. And then the weather changes and I want to write a dark ghost story. And then, hec, I just watched The Empress and I want to dive into 1800s for a historical fiction. This may be more applicable for when you are a more beginner writer (like me) who may want to practice writing different characters, settings and storylines. This is effectively achieved through exploring - you guessed it - different genres. Of course, try and finish the novel after the inspiration strikes. I happen to be quite good at this (however, do not hold me too accountable), since when I start a novel I usually need to see it to its full completion - even if it is just through plotting or writing the zero draft (which would take me 3-4 months instead of a first draft that may take a lot longer). So, dearest writers, you must learn that yes, while your novels - your ideas - aren’t going anywhere, your ‘mood’ or ‘motivation’ to write such a novel or idea may disappear. For example, I was going to go onto writing the first draft of project.prison - a literary-fiction mystery (having just finished the 0 draft days prior). But lo and behold I suddenly got inspired to write a historical fiction (now known as project.orchestra) - which was quite the drastic turn around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9620a2b9c8d5bc54be3b6/ebcc3d6f-9bbb-4a50-8804-ca6c3d1a8812/462545747_893851712715668_221867051527916915_n+%281%29.jpg writing blog - “Being a writer is more than just writing” - And get this! I have found that plotting will fill in a lot of world building elements. You would be surprised. Because, sometimes world building may actually limit the plot beats you can come up with and where your story can go. I honestly think it is more important to be grounded in the story’s tone and ‘vibe’, not so much the world’s history or what exactly happened every single day since your MC’s birth. I have found a lot of use in music and attaching my project’s identity to a feeling - a soul. One particular song, for example, has become my anchor in sitting in my secret fantasy project’s story. It has allowed me to feel what the heart of the story is. I think this should take priority. Because tone is so much linked to purpose and therefore it may give you important knowledge about how you will ultimately write your novel and plot your story. World brainstorming is yes, really fun but I encourage you to focus on tone - as well as characters. In fact, I have begun my own ‘plot’ for my characters where I come up with my character’s backstories and therefore their motivations. And these motivations give me plot ideas. It’s an interesting process, but I have found that identity - both in your book and in your individual characters - will help bridge your brainstorming to your plotting. For example, what race is your character and how are they treated differently? This question - having come about through ‘plotting’ a character’s backstory - allowed me to establish this new rebellion race which has become one of the most important parts of my story. So what am I trying to say? Ultimately, don’t lose yourself too much in brainstorming and separating it from your story’s main plot. Let each work in tandem and don’t forget to use tone to guide your novel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9620a2b9c8d5bc54be3b6/d325e1bb-60b0-462e-90ac-94603143527f/470055223_559095253673002_6410924011972042525_n.jpg writing blog - “Being a writer is more than just writing” - This year was hectic. I was studying full time and went on exchange and travelled around Europe while trying to write my many novels and keep my youtube channel growing - whew, what a running sentence! Ahem. Because of this busyness, there came (lots of) times where I either didn’t have the time and/or the energy to write. If I am being honest, I didn’t write a lot this year. At least not as much as I planned and expected for myself. But I learned that being a writer is also just being a dreamer and a lover for life and art. I have found that it is actually quite on brand for writers not to write. And this seems to be laughed at when you see something along those lines in a reel or writing-meme online. But it is true. Writers, first and foremost are exactly that - dreamers. Our identity of being a writer should not be so closely tethered to word counts and completed manuscripts. Just as being a musician can simply just sometimes be a person playing an instrument and singing. Without recording. And without writing lyrics down. So, dearest writers, just working on a story even at a literal snail's pace - which actually is how most novels are realistically written - is okay. Being a writer is just that - writing. And in my opinion, writing doesn’t need to be strictly on paper. You can write stories in your mind, in poetry, in music, in thoughts and conversation. You aren’t even strictly ‘just a writer’, but a part of a wider identity of being a creative. 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