[squarebarb]

Agreed. Just sit down and start blathering on paper. It's called 'freewriting'. You'll get something within a few pages.

[CindyDawg]

Can I join? I not a writer but I think I could be, if I knew how:')

[MHGinTN]

When I decided to try writing in my early retirement, I came up with a story line, made an outline for the plot, then began writing. Within four pages, the story began writing itself and the first novel spewed out in a completely different direction than the outlined plot.

The first novel led to two more in the series ... freelance, vigilante crime fighter plots. The work wasn't too good in the beginning, when the central characters came alive, but by the third one the writing thing was flowing nicely.

After the third crimefighter novel, I switched gears, to do something more literary. Hah! The best laid plans and all that.

My seventh novel is now being readied for a publisher, if I can find one who will publish a conservative theme.