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08-30-2007, 12:03 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: USA
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Inspirational set backs?
I’ve been writing a novel, well three or four really. They’ve all been moderately good ideas, and I’ve gotten pretty far - then it just ends. I’m not in love with my plot anymore, and I don’t feel like it has substance to it. I have the feeling they aren’t the ‘meant to be’ plot for my novel. How do I find my plot though? Nothing seems to work.
xoxo, Hexx.
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08-30-2007, 12:09 PM
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Adept Writer
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Keep writing shit until you crap out a gold nugget. Seriously, keep writing. If you stop, your story is just that...shit.
Hope that wasn't too blunt.
Lost
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08-30-2007, 12:15 PM
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Mentor
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lost in Some Story
Keep writing shit until you crap out a gold nugget. Seriously, keep writing. If you stop, your story is just that...shit.
Hope that wasn't too blunt.
Lost
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LOL. It was pretty blunt, but good advice nonetheless.
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08-31-2007, 03:44 AM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne Australia
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Argh please make your font bigger...
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08-31-2007, 10:32 AM
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Prolific Writer
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Cleveland, TN
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I think you need inspiration to write. If you start drawing a blank on one story, start another that is completely different. I keep a few stories that I meddle with, occasionally switching between them when I hit a wall.
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08-31-2007, 08:42 PM
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Profound Writer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: South Jersey, USA
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Wasnt there just a thread on this very topic less than a week ago?
I would say make sure that you are totally stuck on one before moving on to another... sometimes you have to push your way through parts to get excited about the story again... the parts you push through will most likely get edited a lot later so don't worry about getting them perfect.
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