What was your greatest writing challenge to write that you ever had?

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   CloudExplorerposted 12 years ago

   What was your greatest writing challenge to write that you ever had?
   
   Have you ever wrote a book before, and if not would you give it a try. Was it your greatest writing challenge ever, or was it some other format of writing, style of writing or what have you. (Writing a hub in conjunction with this question may help you to score the "best answer", or try to provide the best answer you can possibly muster up here & honestly, most of all be truthful and make sure to enjoy yourself while participating if you so choose to answer it.)
   
   

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   womenintouchposted 12 years ago

   Honesty i have never had a writing challenge; I was born to write. I can write off the cuff on any subject or topic. It is a gift that not everyone has ( i guess that is true, lol) Anyway its possibly my editing that is my challenge. I always get an editor to check my work. Most of the time they do not realy have to correct that much. I hope i was able to answer your question.

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      Claudia Marieposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Finding time to write.

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      womenintouchposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I have written three books and two on the way to completion. I love to wirte but lately I have not found mucbh time to complete the last two. I often take a sabatical from family and work to get my work done. I hope to publish a best seller .

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   dohn121posted 12 years ago

   Early on and during my time here at HubPages, I took on the "30 Hubs in 30 Days Hub Challenge" and thought it was, at that time, the most demanding of all writing tasks (even more difficult than 20 page college papers too, mind you).  To come up with topics damn near on the fly was not only crucial but necessary.  But then one Hubber on one form one day (haha) told me that if I wrote a novel on HubPages that no one (at HubPages) would read it.  Well, I took it as a challenge.  Better yet, I took it personally.
   
   At the time, I'd just completed a short story here titled "Revenge, Inc."  I got inspired to write it one day after reading about a girl that was abducted by an male adult and kept prisoner in his home for years (over a decade).  The little girl of course became a young woman who bore his children!  Well, no one knew about this until years later.  After having read this, I became disgusted by the extent of human cruelty.  So much so that it invited me to write a story about it.
   
   So after basically being told that creative writing does not get viewership on HubPages or online, I decided to prove my critic(s) wrong.  I was also encouraged  by other Hubbers to continue on with "Revenge, Inc." as they wanted to see the short story become a novel.  For the next 26 weeks or half a year, I would do just that and had a new post every Friday evening to my awaiting fans and Hubbers alike. 
   
   The numbers did not lie.  Each new chapter was between 1200 to 2000 words (or about 5 to 8 pages, double-spaced).  Sometimes, I wrote a chapter in one sitting at the very last possible moment.  I had to be creative, fast, and accurate.  Each chapter was basically a rough draft, so editing was nearly non-existent.  But words can't express just how proud of myself I was after having completed the grueling task of writing a novel completely online and here at HubPages.   All in all, my "Revenge, Inc." series have about 10,000 views combined.  Not great, but not bad either.
   
   What I took from this after completing this task is the knowledge that I could meet a deadline whilst writing creatively and that I could create something that would keep a captive audience.
   
   I'm just not going to do it ever again as it was just too damn difficult!

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   duffsmomposted 12 years ago

   I like to write fiction so that is not what I see as a challenge.  For me it is any kind of term paper, or essay for a college class. They have certain standards and requirements and it really squashes my ability to write in a coherent manner.  It frustrates me.

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   Beata Stasakposted 12 years ago

   I am lucky one, I just write for my own pleasure, and if others like it it's great, if not it is still fine....I write only when I feel like writing...when something catches my attention, I start to think about it and I just get it out of my head when I write it down:)

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   M. T. Dremerposted 12 years ago

   The greatest writing challenge I've ever had was writing an epic fantasy novel. It was a personal goal; based on the kinds of books that I liked to read. I took eight years to properly write, re-write and edit my novel and I ended up with a 230,000 word behemoth. At the time, I was just trying to follow in the footsteps of some of my favorite authors, whose books were of similar, or longer, length. The problem that I didn't realize until now, was that books of that length are incredibly difficult to sell to agents and publishers. I ended up having to break it in half, and even with that drastic move, it's still a hard sell. As of right now, I'm uncertain which part was more challenging; writing the book, or getting it published. As I haven't accomplished the latter, I'll have to re-assess down the line.

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   tsmogposted 12 years ago

   I have not the answer this moment, while pondering to be a hub. Just supposing and playing only a tad, for me as a 'self,' I do some math. Subtract 'to write that' + 'had' and I see in a combined form - "What was your greatest writing challenge, ever?" Now the past is no longer relevent and for now, repling with a hub to this question would be that answer.
   
   The explanation as to why, is simply lack of opportunity, tick-tock, not my clock, and like a football play, break right and then a fly pattern.
   
   Part II, is yes since at lest four are here at hubpages awaiting the next step. Two or more history books in the rough when the company news letters are combined and offered a form with a new format. And, then there are those on the hardrive where only hackers have ventured.
   
   So, in conclusion at this moment, seems to this author at least, the greatest challenge appears to be your very own question posted above.
   
   tim

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   connorjposted 12 years ago

   The greatest writing challege I ever had was co-authoring (quite an unsucessful) Educational Psychology book that was published in 2008. The other author resided on the West Coast while I am on the East Coast... I subsequently authored (not co-authored) a book that was published in 2012 (Summer) that was a piece-of-cake to write compared with that 800 page enigma...

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   Niteriterposted 12 years ago

   My greatest writing challenge occurred some 40 years ago. It was quite a difficulty, as I recall, writing a girl I really loved to tell her that I wouldn't be seeing her again.
   
   Yeah, I still get choked up thinking about it today. I hurt me to the core knowing that she'd be all torn up to learn that I had been drafted into the US military and sent off to fight in Viet Nam. It hurt me even more knowing that she wouldn't recall right away that Canadians didn't get drafted into the US military. It hurt almost as much as the whippin' I got from her father who had just learned enough about my history to know that my greatness was considerably less than I had led her to believe it was.
   
   The art of lying was less familiar to me back then.

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    Tusitala Tomposted 12 years ago

    My third, novel-length book was difficult for me to write because it was really an autobiographical account of my own life as a young man.  It covered my six year stint in the Royal Australian Navy.  I went in as a lad of eighteen and came out as a married twenty-four-year old.  It was what went on in those intervening years, particularly my relationships with three different women, the last of whom I married - and am still married to after fifty-two years - that caused the angst.   I felt the real pain - deservedly received because of my own action - of being jilted.  Of walking out and coming back and walking out again.  All the soul-searching that goes with trying to find something which can never be found outside of ourselves.    The book?  Sailorboy Blue - a very apt title.   It took me nearly twenty years to get around to writing it.

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    blondeyposted 12 years ago

    II I found that writing about stuff i have to research is boring and tedious, not to mention without passion. Sticking to what I know and like is best. I write about Christ, love/passion and mental health. but this question has given me the idea to write an interesting story... something I have been thinking of but with a positive and fun twist which will be healing for me and likely entertaining for others, so Thankyou for that!

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