Originally Posted by wolfing 
I've started Skyrim twice, both times stopped after a day or two. I don't know what it is about it that I just don't care about. I know one thing that really lowered my expectations of the game was their removal of spellcrafting, which I think was the feature I loved the most about TES games… Is there a mod that adds spellcrafting by any chance?
I haven't seen one but then I haven't looked as I haven't been a big caster this time; probably because I also miss spellcrafting and the overall spell collection seemed limited … I blame it on consoles :-) as they are my scapegoat whenever a PC game seems to get chopped.
However there is this mod that adds 275 spells to the game:
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/5898
Which I know is not the same thing as making your own but it does add variety at least.