Question

[mrissa]

For non-writers: if someone magically forced you to write something, what would it be and why? Length/category/genre/audience/etc.

For writers: if you could only work in one length/category/genre/etc. ever again, which would it be and why?

Does anybody feel that they aren't covered in either of those two categories, writers and non-writers? If so, can you explain why?

Myself, I think if I had to stick with one thing, it'd probably be YA fantasy novels. I'm glad I don't have to, but if I did....

I'd like to think that whatever I'm working on now will be the best thing I've written to date. But sometimes it's hard to compare adult SF short stories to YA children's novels to adult fantasy trilogies in that regard. Besides, I'm opposed to total orderings in general. We all know that by now, right? Mrissas Don't Like Total Orderings. Rule of life.

Comments

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I count as a writer or not. If told I had to write but could write anything, I'd write essays -- basically, what I already blog but with a little more structure. I wouldn't write fiction unless I really was forced to but in that case it would probably be fantasy and most likely YA because that's one of the major genres I read and my mind doesn't work right to construct the others. It would be this-world fantasy, though, not world-building.