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My formal training is in computer and electrical engineering, with a good dose of astrophysics and pure math thrown in for "well-roundedness." I'm a circuit designer by trade. I generally prefer reading books about math over playing video games. I read textbooks for fun. I hardly ever do anything "creative" in the classical sense -- I have never taken much interest in painting, sculpting, or drawing, though my daily work is creative in a very different sense. All in all, I'm practically the prototype of the type-A "technical" personality.
But... I cannot get over this nagging desire to... write a novel. I don't know why. I read novels pretty avidly -- 15-20 a year, I'd say -- and they always whet my creative appetite. I try to stay away from pulp fiction, concentrating instead on fiction that is generally considered "literary," and I honestly often end a novel with the impression that gee, that was good, but I think I could have written something just like it if I tried.
Maybe it's just hubris, but part of me really yearns to give it a shot and see if I could get published. It's not like I have any free time, though. Work responsibilities plus grinding away at a Master's degree at a terribly difficult school leaves with me just enough time to brush my teeth. Perhaps I could put off brushing my teeth and work on a novel, instead...
Does anyone else have such an intense, nagging desire to do something creative?
- Warren
But... I cannot get over this nagging desire to... write a novel. I don't know why. I read novels pretty avidly -- 15-20 a year, I'd say -- and they always whet my creative appetite. I try to stay away from pulp fiction, concentrating instead on fiction that is generally considered "literary," and I honestly often end a novel with the impression that gee, that was good, but I think I could have written something just like it if I tried.
Maybe it's just hubris, but part of me really yearns to give it a shot and see if I could get published. It's not like I have any free time, though. Work responsibilities plus grinding away at a Master's degree at a terribly difficult school leaves with me just enough time to brush my teeth. Perhaps I could put off brushing my teeth and work on a novel, instead...
Does anyone else have such an intense, nagging desire to do something creative?
- Warren