For the past 2 days I've been trying to do some story writing. And I've gotten nowhere. For whatever reason, I'm not comfortable with my story writing. I debated posting So Far So Good for the past week, but I figure what the hell. There's only one way to improve. And Sherry part 2, I REALLY don't like where it's at. I'm hoping to spend a lot of time tomorrow just writing and writing. We'll see if that happens though. I think my problem is that I'm self-conscious about my story writing, particularly my descriptive writing. Instead of setting the mood with the scenery and the surrounding environment, I tend to let my characters carry the burden throughout the story, simply because I don't feel confident enough in my descriptive writing to convey on paper what I have floating in my head. A certain friend says I have to learn to follow "conventions" because conventions is what story writing is all about. I think that may be what I don't feel comfortable with, I dunno. I know all art forms have their "conventions" but sometimes it's the things that come out of left field and hit you in the back of the head that make you say "what was THAT?" I like getting that response. The same friend also said that I tend to bring out the bigger picture with the little things. I agree with him on this part. But he says that you can't focus on the little things too much in stories as you do in poetry because in stories people want "go go go" as he says; they want plot. But those nuances, those small things, that's what I always enjoy in the stories. They're the shading of a painting, the last piece of the puzzle, etc. that complete the work. Anyway, I would greatly appreciate some feedback to this journal entry from those who have read my stories. Thanks alot. I'm gonna keep at it...