Aurasheild

Most novel ideas are actually horrible ones for a novel, b make good short stories. You set your standards too high. You just mark out your priorities before starting into a big project like a novel.
And besides, novels take long lengths of time. They aren't written in a day you know.

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starseed

I agree. I get frustrated and want to give up all the time. I'd kick my ass if I actually did though. Usually right after Im ready to give up, I spit out a paragraph or two that really paints the scene and makes me want to continue.

For me, its about loving your characters. They are my babies. If I didn't keep writing, they would be stuck in their little world forever with no conclusion. Make characters you love, and you won't be able to give them up. For me, I spent over a month on character development and history before starting on a story about them.

taskmgr.exe

I'm stuck right now, and around 15,000 words or so in, so please don't give up.

I try not to focus writing in a linear fashion from start to finish but instead write out ideas separately. Then try adding and combining, 600 words can add to a couple thousand easily this way, after of which new ideas may generate.

If your really stuck, leave it alone for a day or two and come back to it later, this can help refresh your take on what you currently wrote.

celestialwolf

dankreb,

The only way your novel will be nothing is if you never write it. The goal of NaNo is to write 50k words during November. I did that this year and found I wasn't done with my novel. I spent the next two months finishing it. In the end I don't believe the novel is salable but I don't feel it's a waste of time. Like any craft, it takes practice to get better. Writing a complete novel is the best practice there is. Don't give up. You may write something you feel isn't worth anything but you know what? You'll have a completed novel and that's more than a lot of people can say. Just keep writing. Do it for money or do it for yourself- either way writers (the greatest and the worst) write.

-Cel

Borsia

Do you have a begining and an end? is there a story in your mind or are you just sitting in front of a blank? Try writing it as an outline with a specific point to each chapter. If you know the begining and the end it is only a matter of fleashing out what is taking you from point to point and keeping it interesting. Good Luck

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Katastrof

Umm...the OP was 7 months ago...

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