{"id":508,"date":"2019-01-14T14:49:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T14:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drakeip.com\/wordpress\/?p=508"},"modified":"2019-02-25T13:19:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T13:19:19","slug":"the-long-and-the-short-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drakeip.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/14\/the-long-and-the-short-of-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long and the Short of It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got about halfway through my first fiction novel and put it aside. Not that it&#8217;s a bad novel, I just don&#8217;t know if I am a novel writer. In fact, those who have previewed it say that it is an intriguing\u00a0story. Somehow, though, I feel like I&#8217;m cheating. I&#8217;m best known for my memoirs and stories based on real-life events. Making everything up as I go is a bit unsettling for me.<\/p>\n<p>I love flying or driving with a GPS. No worries. I can see exactly where I am and where I am going. Still, in the air, I carry a paper sectional chart to track my course&#8230; just in case. The GPS seems too easy. That&#8217;s the way I feel about writing a novel. Too easy. Of course, that could also mean that my novel writing is a bit on the weak side.<\/p>\n<p>So, for the time being, I think I will stick to short stories based on real life. They are fun to write, people seem to relate to them, and I know the beginning, middle, and end before I start. The challenge is in making the story come alive and entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>I may eventually get back to the novel once I run out of interesting true-life adventures to write about. Time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got about halfway through my first fiction novel and put it aside. Not that it&#8217;s a bad novel, I just don&#8217;t know if I am a novel writer. In fact, those who have previewed it say that it is an intriguing\u00a0story. Somehow, though, I feel like I&#8217;m cheating. 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