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[Super Buu]

For about 10 years now (since I was 14) I've been worldbuilding for a story that I've written many parts of over the years. The whole thing keeps changing, but slowly and steadily it's getting closer to what I want it to be. Right now I'm taking some writing advice from Irvine Welsh that you can consider bullshit, or not, which is "go out and live. THEN write. Young people have nothing to write about." paraphrasing (this interview, interesting read. He's the guy who wrote Trainspotting btw), and I used to think "well, not for fantasy writers", but now I think there's an element of truth to it. So it could be another 10 years. Or just a few. On one hand, I know it's what I want to ultimately do, it's my dream, so I think I should start now. And every time I see someone I know who's had success with writing a book, I get a little stab of jealousy and that fire to succeed myself rises up a bit.

But on the other hand, I don't want to rush this. I want to write these books until I'm 80. It's going to be a big world, and hopefully, many books. So I want to get it right.. And I know that the world gets better constantly, as I discard old ideas that I once thought were amazing in place of new ones. If I'd have started back when I was 14, or 20, it would be much less rich than had I started now. I think there's a certain value to letting things simmer. Often writers and film-makers do their best books first, because those are the ideas that were forming for decades without the pressure of "have to make something for my publisher". Right now I really like what I've got, but I don't think I'm quite ready to start yet.

Uhh ... short answer: yes.