New guy, needs help writing his second novel

Hello everyone,

Allow me to introduce myself: my real name is Ward Peeters, I'm a 32 years young Belgian. I come to this forum with a bit of a purpose, which I'll explain shortly
I have always thought of Japan as a very intriguing land; the history, the way the language sounds (without understanding it), the haute cuisine, the general way of life - quite different from mine.
Of course, that's all well and good to mention, but I must admit I don't know much about Japan. My only experience comes from my early teens, when I practiced judo. Though I was too young to grasp the philosophy behind it, this at least scratched the surface with Japanese sports terms and practices.

So why did I choose to come here now? Because I am going to try to write a novel in the setting of a mixture between Japanese and western influences. This project may or may not ever reach completion, considering the difficulty and the fact that I started it this monday. I (obviously) immediately hit some questions, that I am considering to ask on this forum. But I guess this introduction is not the place to ask them.

I always write in Dutch, so I'm afraid not many on this forum would be able to read it.

Hoping to find at least some answers,
Respectfully,
Ward

Heja Ward!

I am new in here myself, but your intro is catchy - the project seems interesting, but also hard and I hope you don't abandon it

Good luck with it from me,
- Shantal

Well thanks for your interest and welcome to you
At this point I'm about 10 pages far, so it's way too early to tell which way it's going to go.

Hey, Wardibald , ik schreef vroeger verhalen met mijn vriend en maakte hier later een manga van. Het lastige was dat we niet wisten hoe we verder moesten op een bepaald moment. :?
Its nice to hear that you write a story, greetings from the Netherlands

Good luck with writing

Thanks
My method is just making it up as I go. And when I go over previously written parts, I often cannot resist adding things that come to mind. This leads to a story that keeps unfolding and adds connections between different parts of it.
Sometimes I wonder just how different my writing would be, if I tiny details in my life would or would not happen. E.g. when I'm busy, someone calls me on my cell, interrupting my train of thought. Or just grabbing that extra cup of coffee.
I often feel thoughts "come to me" instead of me thinking them up.

Je kan de eerste drie hoofdstukken van mijn eerste boek gratis op mijn website (zie sig) lezen

Belgian greetings,
Ward