Writer cramped

[mig]

I have written 7 stories,correction,I have written the same story 7 times.It sucked at the start,it still sucks.Does this happen to all new authors?,or am I just one of the lucky ones.Other than keep on trying,what else can you do?.

 

[Weird Harold]

Writing the same story over and over is not necessarily a bad thing. It is the details that make the difference. Almost every story here can be categorized as "Person A meets Person B. Person A fucks person B. Persons A&B meet person C and everyone gets fucked."

What I do to prevent getting stuck in a rut, is to start with a "gimmick" and exagerate that point into a story.

So far, I've posted stories with the premises of: an apparently vulnerable schoolgirl who is really a sex starved martial arts master; an excuse to tell ugly jokes (because ugly people need love too.); a man who falls in love with a woman he's never seen because he is addicted to the taste of her pussy.

I often get weird thoughts just as I'm falling asleep that may or may not turn into stories. I've posted several that I didn't feel qualified or have the time to write myself. Here's the link to the latest suggestion: http://www.literotica.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=27327

Maybe you can do something with it that's different from the story you've already written seven times.

 

[nitengale]

I have one story that has been sitting in my word document file for about a month. I keep reading it hoping for a good conclusion, and one never comes. I think it's because I have two people getting ready to take the plunge (one is married, one single) and I am not sure if the married woman REALLY wants to do it. ( I really got in her head somehow) So the story is just sitting there, looking back at me, day after day.

 

[Bob Peale]

I used to get stuck like that, but I don't anymore.

I've employed a couple of tactics. First off, I finally got to the point that I'll write a thought all the way through. This may or may not result in a whole story, but at least it lets me get the thought out of my head.

Also, I tend to start new documents for each unconnected thought. Sometimes, I'll see a way to link them, and several of these documents, after editing, form a coherent story. Other times, I've taken pieces from a few of them to build a totally different story (If you can believe it, my latest story on here started out as seperate stories about a woman graduating from college and getting a job in New York, a woman discovering her dad with her best friend, and a story about a motorcycle ride...go figure!).

 

[Mickie]

I have at least ten different 'beginnings' sitting in files. There are finished works sitting in other files that I can't stand, wouldn't let see the light of day, etc. Every author has one or two really bad pieces that cannot be 'fixed'. Not until the writer sees exactly what's wrong and has grown in skill enough to do something about it. What I do with these embarrassing and unsightly messes is sweep them under the rug. No, I don't throw them away. Later, I'll pick up the rug and see if I can fix anything. If I can't, then I toss the rug over them again and start something new. Sometimes, perspective can be gained by leaving it alone for a week, a month, a year, or even ten years. Then, the rug lifts and something shines up at you, answers darting through your head as you read through it.

Don't stare at it too long. Just put it away and glance at it every so often to see if it begins to glow. Do something different. Grow as a writer by doing something else.

Well, that's my advise. Thanks for listening.
Mick

 

[mig]

Thanks to you all for your advice and suggestions.I realise now that the problem is that I'm too close to the story,because it's part of My life.I shall leave it for now and concentrate on learning to write first.I hate to read stories that are like documentaries and that's exactly what I write like,at the moment.

 

[Ulyssa]

Hey nitengale--
Your married woman really does want to have the affair. The problem is probably that she doesn't like the other person man/woman or extraterrestrial for the same reason you don't like the other person. Change what you don't like about her partner.