GENRE
JUMPING by Kathy Ivan
Do
any of you have this problem?
Almost
everything I write has some elements of suspense and/or mystery. That’s the way my thinking process works. I have to have some kind of hidden motivation
underlying the gist of the story, or I tend to get bored. My longest series is romantic suspense (New
Orleans Connection Series), and it will be fourteen books long after my release
next month.
But, lately I find myself easily distracted and wanting to change things up and switch
genres.
My
brain is crammed full to overflowing with story ideas, and there is no way I’ll
ever be able to tackle them all—not unless cloning becomes possible and legal
anytime soon. LOL
But
recently focusing on one idea is a struggle, because I can’t seem to
concentrate on just one thing. I’ll
start outlining and story-boarding a series that sounds amazing, with fully
developed characters, and before I start the actual writing, my mind is off
onto another tangent, wanting to switch things up and write a cozy mystery. No, wait, let’s do some paranormal. Nope, I wanna write that urban fantasy
series. Wait, a hard-boiled detective dark noir sounds awesome. Oh, maybe it’s time to write
some werewolves and vampires. You get
the picture.
Anybody
else have this problem, or is it just me?
What do you do to muffle that little voice that wants to work on all the
things—at the same time?
Kathy
Ivan is a USA TODAY Bestselling author who is currently working on a new
series—if she can settle onto one idea, and can be found at www.kathyivan.com and www.facebook.com/kathyivanauthor.
