I have the most terrible issues writing and indeed have notepads going back as far as 1980 filled with ideas. I can never get past the opening few thousands words or so. When I got stuck a few days ago, I thought that was it, I would grind to a halt like usual. Instead, 3 peripheral characters who were supposed to be in one scene, only to be slaughtered shortly thereafter, sprung to life. They've taken over - but that's good because they all come with a slew of back story (that I didn't even write!)
Until I did nano in 2005, I'd never finished a single story. I had so many partials too. This year's nano will be my 5th novel. Someday maybe I'll even get published.
Wow - I don't even have a single short story finished and I have been trying to do this for 27 years! Drives me nuts, it does - and yet the bits that I do get out make me feel so good, if only until I grind to a halt again. The one thing is that I have never been short of ideas - I've got millions of them!
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Date: 2007-11-06 01:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-06 03:59 am (UTC)I have the most terrible issues writing and indeed have notepads going back as far as 1980 filled with ideas. I can never get past the opening few thousands words or so. When I got stuck a few days ago, I thought that was it, I would grind to a halt like usual. Instead, 3 peripheral characters who were supposed to be in one scene, only to be slaughtered shortly thereafter, sprung to life. They've taken over - but that's good because they all come with a slew of back story (that I didn't even write!)
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Date: 2007-11-06 04:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-11-06 04:17 am (UTC)Wow - I don't even have a single short story finished and I have been trying to do this for 27 years! Drives me nuts, it does - and yet the bits that I do get out make me feel so good, if only until I grind to a halt again. The one thing is that I have never been short of ideas - I've got millions of them!
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Date: 2007-11-06 04:23 am (UTC)I suck at short stories. Just can't get them to stay short.
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Date: 2007-11-06 04:50 am (UTC)