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I tried, I swear I tried. I did that of putting words on a paper, and I even started with a story, just to realise, on page 14, that I didn't have a plot. Discovering that was really a let down. I also tried writing fanfiction, and I even published it, but even that has stopped. I tried to keep up writing fanfiction as an exercise, but I'm blocked with that too
I've been there! I was a 'pantser' (writing by the seat of my pants) for many years...and many a time I got 20 or 30 pages into a story, only to find I didn't have enough to keep me going. Dean Wesley Smith recommends writing as far as you can, and asking yourself "What happens next?" each time you get stuck. Sometimes that helps, sometimes not so much. What I finally learned from getting stuck so much is that it usually means I haven't done my homework--I don't know enough about my world or my characters to go on. That's when I started keeping notebooks filled with writing that never makes it into the story, noes about characters, worlds, magic, etc. You may also want to check out Holly Lisle's website (www.hollylisle.com); she has been writing for a long time and she's the best I've ever seen at teaching how to write.
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Sep 17, 2015 07:31AM
I tried, I swear I tried. I did that of putting words on a paper, and I even started with a story, just to realise, on page 14, that I didn't have a plot. Discovering that was really a let down. I also tried writing fanfiction, and I even published it, but even that has stopped. I tried to keep up writing fanfiction as an exercise, but I'm blocked with that too
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I've been there! I was a 'pantser' (writing by the seat of my pants) for many years...and many a time I got 20 or 30 pages into a story, only to find I didn't have enough to keep me going. Dean Wesley Smith recommends writing as far as you can, and asking yourself "What happens next?" each time you get stuck. Sometimes that helps, sometimes not so much. What I finally learned from getting stuck so much is that it usually means I haven't done my homework--I don't know enough about my world or my characters to go on. That's when I started keeping notebooks filled with writing that never makes it into the story, noes about characters, worlds, magic, etc. You may also want to check out Holly Lisle's website (www.hollylisle.com); she has been writing for a long time and she's the best I've ever seen at teaching how to write.
