I have so many story ideas... · 3:01am Aug 5th, 2016
But I can never seem to write them to my satisfaction!
Does anyone else have that problem? And if you do, how do you overcome it?
The smallest changes can make the biggest difference.
But I can never seem to write them to my satisfaction!
Does anyone else have that problem? And if you do, how do you overcome it?
I know the feeling!
That sums up most of my stories!
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It sucks!
I have a disaster story idea based off of this theory of mine, but I want to make sure I take my time on it to make it as good as possible.
Yup. I've learned to take it one step at a time. Keep a list of your ideas, and then work on one at a time so you don't overload yourself. If you have trouble with writing out your ideas, I recommend reading, playing a game, or watching a movie/show that has similar concepts so you can see how they managed to write that idea into pictures or words. That way it can give you ideas for your story.
EXCTLY my problem. Don't worry you'll come across an idea that you feel really really passionate about though.
Heeeey we both have the same first name another one of my kind!
Also, I know that feeling man... having so many story ideas, its incredible hard to keep up with them all and trying to decide which one you think would be good enough to post or even try to update.
I have a little over... I think 100 or so on the backburner, with a few one shots actually near completion but I keep stalling and never finishing them. How do I overcome it? I just keep writing the ideas out on GDocs and sometimes paper, and then I store them for later until I work up the courage to work on them later on
Same problem. I've got 6 in mind, and I've only begun on one. But I have begun.
Not that it's much of a trick, but I flesh them out quite a bit and then I get to writing them. I find that makes for a more cohesive story when it finally goes into writing.
As for the writing itself: just do it. Don't be scared of writing. Don't try to make it perfect. You'll never get anywhere if you do. Write to write and tell the tale. If it doesn't come out perfect... Well, you've got all thise other ideas to try out, right?
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What I do when I'm writing:
Write down the skeleton of the story, don't worry too much about grammar.
Flesh out some details, make the dialog more realistic.
Run your story through a grammar checker.
If you feel like one part doesn't belong, scrap it and write what you think would work.
Possibly find a beta-reader to critique you.
~FIN~