Nailing down an idea for a book is like catching a greased pig; for lack of a better metaphor. Writing serious nonfiction seems like a daunting task, but I have always believed in the cliche, "Truth is stranger than fiction," so, let's give this a whirl; shall we?!
I would like my book to circle around the notion of mental health disorders, and how they affect our relationships and ripple through to all areas of our life. My Dad has a seizure disorder and other mental health problems, so I am finding this cause close to home, and can't wait to do more research.
I want my book to appeal to a wide array of people, but more specifically, to adults. I want to approach the subject from a very real and raw perspective, and not have it be sugar coated in any manner.
Mental health disorders affect so many (insert statistic here, once I have done some more concrete research) and I want the day-to-day life to be reflected.
What I find to be most attractive in any book is the first sentence; I'm one of those. If the first couple sentences or paragraph are not well-written and captivating, I will most likely put the book down. I've studied first sentences to countless novels, they are pretty telling. I hope to one day afford my own book the classic first sentence where someone won't want to put it down. It could be the most simplistic sentence, maybe a fragmented sentence, maybe a capitalized word that isnt usually, but is due to stylistic choice. It doesn't have to be anything marvelous, it just has to have some glimmering something, to get me wanting to read more.
I hope this, "writer's block," as us writer's tend to call it when we can't think, goes away soon! For now, I'll be dreaming and researching up a serious non-fiction idea that is more concrete! ;)
