Why's it so quiet on here this morning?!
Okay, follow up question to the niche one: What's a genre you enjoy reading, but don't think you write well?
For me, it's suspense. I've always enjoyed reading suspenseful stories, mysteries, and thrillers, both in fanfic and in real life, but when I try to write them, I usually end up disappointed by the result. I'm capable of creating suspense by building the tension slowly and that kind of thing, but where I fall flat is usually with the mystery aspect of it or with the characters and their motives. I just don't have a very creative mind when it comes to mysteries. I enjoy reading/watching them, but am terrible at guessing whodunit - if I can guess correctly, then it wasn't a very good mystery, in my mind LOL. But I like to be surprised at the solution, to have my mind blown when I get to the end, and if a mystery doesn't deliver that twist ending, I'm disappointed. So in writing them, I try to have twists for my readers, but I'm not creative enough to make them shocking - they are usually predictable. And character-wise, I have yet to write a believable, three-dimensional villain with a good motive. Dr. Rough in 00Carter has been my favorite villain to write, but he is intentionally over the top - not necessarily believable. Maybe one of these days I will, but for now, I just admire people who can churn out awesome suspense stories that can both surprise and unsettle me.
