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The more you fill your creative well by reading good books and watching movies, the easier it is to get that initial spark that helps create a book idea. I get inspired from other authors all the time. Then, when you have an idea for a hero/heroine or an interesting situation/inciting moment start asking "what if." Keep asking that questions until a story starts to take shape.
I try. I swear I try. But I see nothing, and I haven't in like 3 years... It's breaking my heart
I'm sorry, Cintia. Maybe it's time to take a break from trying to write and simply spend a season filling your creativity well. Read as much as you can. Immerse yourself in other people's stories. Maybe even start by writing a fan fiction piece based off of characters from a television show or movie that you already are familiar with. My daughter likes to do that. She writes fan fiction pieces all the time adding her own unique spin to familiar characters. Something small to get your writing muscles working again. it's kind of like priming a water pump. Once you get it going, it flows much easier. Maybe that will help. I wish you well! :-)
You know, it's funny that you bring fanfiction up. I found it as a way to overcome writer's block. I'm a big fan of Once Upon a Time, and I tried, in English (because I'm from Argentina, we speak Spanish), writing some based on that show: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6524772/...
But even that has stopped. I don't even know what else to write about
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The more you fill your creative well by reading good books and watching movies, the easier it is to get that initial spark that helps create a book idea. I get inspired from other authors all the time. Then, when you have an idea for a hero/heroine or an interesting situation/inciting moment start asking "what if." Keep asking that questions until a story starts to take shape.
I try. I swear I try. But I see nothing, and I haven't in like 3 years... It's breaking my heart
I'm sorry, Cintia. Maybe it's time to take a break from trying to write and simply spend a season filling your creativity well. Read as much as you can. Immerse yourself in other people's stories. Maybe even start by writing a fan fiction piece based off of characters from a television show or movie that you already are familiar with. My daughter likes to do that. She writes fan fiction pieces all the time adding her own unique spin to familiar characters. Something small to get your writing muscles working again. it's kind of like priming a water pump. Once you get it going, it flows much easier. Maybe that will help. I wish you well! :-)
You know, it's funny that you bring fanfiction up. I found it as a way to overcome writer's block. I'm a big fan of Once Upon a Time, and I tried, in English (because I'm from Argentina, we speak Spanish), writing some based on that show: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/6524772/...But even that has stopped. I don't even know what else to write about
Thanks, anyway. I'll consider it when I have my next idea...