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Author:  Elanhil [ July 29th, 2010, 6:48 am ]
Post subject:  Changing stories (again)
Ok, for the third time I think since I've been on the forum, I am switching stories again. But this time I have good reason.

a.) My current story's plot was really lame.
b.) I didn't know the world well.
c.) Everything seems to be happening with no reason (maybe that's me, not the story ;) )
d.) I wasn't enjoying writing it.

I'm going to first and foremost develop my world really well, and then the characters. Then, I may decide to make a story from it. Then I think I might enjoy writing it better, and instead of Sci-Fi I'll stick with fantasy.
Author:  Yehoshua [ July 29th, 2010, 9:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Changing stories (again)
hehe Glad to see I'm not the only one who does this :D. I've lost track of how many times I've changed stories :roll:. However, I'm really trying to stick to this one. they say that's half the battle.
Author:  Svensteel Mimetes [ July 29th, 2010, 10:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Changing stories (again)
I just incorporate two of my stories on here, The Keeper, and one with the "kingdom's" name is Sorrven (SORRVEN might be the name I just think it probably won't). I have three other minor books. One is not fantasy, the other is called "the blue sash" and the other one is "the tale of Volline" (It has vampires, EEK!) (but not like Twilight vampires, like dracula)
Author:  Calenmiriel [ August 8th, 2010, 10:12 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Changing stories (again)
I find myself constantly dropping and picking up stories. I have the same thing as you when it comes to dropping a story. I usually don't know the end, I don't have a very strong plot, the story was going in circles, there wasn't a moral, and I get bored, frustrated, and depressed I couldn't produce anything. Writing shouldn't be so taxing on the nerves!

When I pick something up, it's usually a story I dropped a few years previous. I read through it and suddenly get inspired to twist and reform what I had written into something completely different. (I'm doing that to three books right now, I've dropped two again, both fantasy, and am working on a historical fiction presently.) My mom, who also enjoys writing when she has free time, told me that some of my stuff made better gold nuggets than stories. Not that it was bad, but she told me that my story could be a piece of a bigger story and that I didn't answer a lot of questions with just the nugget. Now I look at all my unfinished stories (which is pretty much all my writings) as possible pieces of stories that haven't even come to mind yet. ^^

Mom told me, "Maybe God hasn't given you all the pieces yet. You just have to wait for them. Sometimes He won't give you all the pieces of the puzzle right away. It may take time to discover them." :D That made me feel a lot less guilty about my unfinished works.
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