Day 20: Am I funny?

No, not socially. I'm not very funny socially at all. I'm a good discussion person, and a good friend, but I'm not the funniest person.

Now, let me write and create funny situations, and I'm good. I can do that all day long.

I once was working on a novel in progress entitled Love Squared, about a couple of teenagers who are fake dating but start falling for each other. It sounds lame, but they get in pretty funny situations sometimes. I get most of my humor from Sophie Kinsella books, so you know. Such is life.

Anyway, if you haven't noticed I love me some writing.

And I finished Blue! And I don't know what to do with myself!

Oh frabjous day!

But no, seriously, I don't know what I want to do. Do I want to write science fiction now? Do I want to write romcom? Do I want to write another mental illness/love commentary/tragedy? What do I wish to do?

I heard i'm pretty good at all of them, so I don't know what to choose. People like Blue a lot. People like Love Squared a lot. People like Star Crossed Killer quite a bit as well. So what do I do? How do I find my writing niche?

I have yet to find it and that bothers me.

Every writer has that genre they always write in, Stephen King does horror (An avenue I've also wondered about) Sophie Kinsella does romcom, Chistopher Paolini does fantasy, etc. Each person has a niche where they write the stories they choose to write.

Me?

I like all genre's. I like romance, I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like horror, I like comedy, I like it all! Only type I have yet to be able to write or try to write is mystery, so I guess that's one genre down, but seriously.

My first novel was fantasy.

My second attempted novel was science fiction.

My third attempted novel was romcom.

My second actually finished novel was realistic fiction/tragedy.

WHAT AM I?

Some strange author hybrid? Should I have fifteen different pen names for each genre I write in? Like, what the hell, Grace?

I don't know what to do. I'm good at serious and suspense and drama, but I'm also good at funny. The struggle.

Guess I'll figure it out, I suppose.

Maybe I should try a mix. Maybe a funny-ish story about a mentally ll girl. Maybe this time instead of the effect of depression, I talk about the fact that crazy people are normal too. Maybe I make it a rom-com too. Who knows? We shall see.

Maybe I'll write the commentary again, I like social stuff. And I have written one on abuse before, why not continue my stories? Maybe one on abuse, or bipolar disorder, or simply a coming of age story. I dunno. We shall see.

Wish me luck!

I certainly wish you luck.

\Love,

Grace