A Writing process

When writing, you never know what might give you inspiration.  The stories I am currently working on are about Jekyll and Hyde, witches and the Norse god of fire Loki.  I know the general topics and characters, but I do not know where I am going with any of them.  Most of the time, I have the ending in mind before I begin.

It was easy to be a writer in college.  We were given assignments and deadlines.  I could write memoirs, fiction, non-fiction, fixed-form and free verse poetry.  I did what was assigned.  Since graduating, I have not been able to motivate myself to expand my writings.  In the past three years, I have written one novel and only a handful of stories all involving the same recurring characters.

After I finish my latest short story collection, "Case Closed", I am going to attempt writing at least one flash fiction story a week.  Of course, I'll still be working on my novella "Another World" in the process.  I personally find myself always writing but usually in a diary, a text message or Facebook statuses as opposed productive writing.

I advice anyone reading this to set up some goals for their own writing careers.  Stephen King said he writes 2,000 words a day.  When you have a job or school or children, it's hard to commit to meeting deadlines, but a few pages a week can fit into anyone's schedule.