Thoughts on Writing

I have never really been that big of a reader. Even though I may not like them, I have read my fair share of books. When I look at the books that were able to get my attention and keep me interested, it really wasn’t a single genre in particular. The books I read were more of what I truly found to be interesting. I am a person who truly loves the thrill of medieval times, knights in armor going to find the mystic artifact or fight the dragon, the good old times in feudal era Japan where Samurai roamed the land, and even the thrill of a look into the future where we command space ships that wage war on the galaxy. These are what truly get me interested in a book, but those are just some things that can get me reading a book. If a book has an amazing and interesting fictional plotline full of sci-fi gadgets or a world where anything is possible, well I would be hooked instantly. But then there are the books that I can, and refuse to read, these “trash” books have never been my cup of tea, and everyone has those books that they can’t stand. For me, and this may sound strange, but I can’t stand books that bore me. Now that’s a pretty vague answer, I mean boring books; there are thousands of them. But that is exactly the point! Why make a book that is boring? I understand if the book is used to further gain knowledge of history, but then why would anyone write a 354-page book about the average day of an American citizen when you can just find one, and ask them. But that’s how I have always felt, I love a book that really kicks my imagination into overdrive and that’s how I will probably always be, but that still means I will have to read an immense amount of “trash” but that’s life.