Writing

Reading is one of my favorite passtimes, and just recently I decided to have a go at writing. Now I'm not sure how other people write, but I have to assume that most people have an idea of what's going to happen next.

I think it's more fun to not know.

Obviously you need some idea of what events are going to happen, but page to page, I think it's a whole lot more fun to not know exactly what's going to happen. It makes it far more interesting and gives you a reason to write more.

Some might argue that you shouldn't need to have a reason to write more, but sometimes it's hard to bring out what you're thinking, and this provides some motivation.

This method also helps you get more in contact with the characters, since you don't know what's about to happen, you have to make the characters react as they would. It's a bit of a challenge that way, but something fun to try.