I've been writing for years - mostly poetry and short stories, then I got into erotica and that's been fun, though I haven't had as much time as I'd wanted to work on my writing these days.
As for a novel, I've started many but end up finding my storylines are too weak, I'm not quite 'sure' where it's going and so I kind of trail off in the middle of nowhere looking around saying.. 'how the hell did I get here, and where the hell am I going?!'.. so it just hasn't worked out yet
I think it's a good idea to have at least an overall storyline to follow.. map out a general 'first section - middle section - end section' and then I've found it helps to focus by breaking down into chapters..
then again, I've never successfully completed a novel, so who knows if this is a good way or not!
