Writers Block: Too many stories nothing written

[Prncess_Aurora]

I have so many stories floating around in my head. But not where to post them in the proper category in the story section of the site where they are posted. Sadly I had a Rp turned a no go. But the fact of it is, I would like to write the story but I don't want to infringe on the rp I will change it up.

It has a shape shifting god in search for his soul mate whom he had found and searched for over the centuries since the fall of the Aztec Empire.

 

[Penelope Street]

Hi Aurora,

Sounds as if you've more than just writer's block going on, though I confess I can't quite figure out if your issue is more about ideas in your head that you can't seem to get into words or stories you've finished and don't know where to post or some rp stuff you've accumulated and aren't sure what to do with?

Penny

 

[Prncess_Aurora]

exactly.

 

[Penelope Street]

I'm sure there are other threads about true writer's block, so I don't see any need to have another about that. With regard to the category question, not knowing anything about the stories that are the issues, it's impossible to say.

So what's with these rps; what was their original purpose? Was it just a lark or fun or whatever or did the participants expect that a story would be the result?

 

[nakdsub]

My advice would be....

pick one story and write it.

 

[Prncess_Aurora]

Yea, I think I should but also its so hard once I get started on one another pops into my head.

 

[Penelope Street]

Yea, I think I should but also its so hard once I get started on one another pops into my head.

If this new story popping into your head causes you to be incapable of continuing with the old story, then what else is there to do but work on the new story? Sure, this could continue on and on, but I imagine you'll eventually find an idea that really grabs you.

 

[latinplayer]

I suggest that you start keeping a notebook and pencil, and jot down the date and as much info as you can about whatever new idea is being born inside your head.

I've filled up six notebooks this way, over the years, and have over 300 ideas that I go back to and try to expand into full stories, or even novels.

You also have to teach yourself to hold an idea down and complete it, and conquer it, or else your brain will always want to jump to the next thing, before you've finished the last one.

As far as the RP dilemma, say to yourself 'screw it!' and let it go. Make brand new characters if you have to, and stop looking back, because you won't make any progress this way. ALWAYS step forward, even if it's only little baby steps.

Also, I like the Hispanic angle you're contemplating.

 

[quimsical]

Well, the very smart damppanties, who I wish I knew, posted this, and it certainly does help:

http://www.literotica.com/s/cure-for-writers-block

Q

 

[NikkiBastion]

I just stumbled over this on You Tube last night and it genuinely helped...just the understanding itself was enough to break the door open.

Never looked at it this way, though probably knew it underneath it all. Sometimes just knowing makes all the difference in the world!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaugEliY-pI

 

[Spacefender]

I have the same problem, writer's constipation coupled with thinker's diarrhea. The end result is folders full of half-finished stories, or as I call them, the "shit left to die" folders.

For me the solution is short stories. I'm forever coming up with epic ideas that I can't follow through on. So I've been trying to write them as a series of somewhat self-contained stories that link together. That way if I run out of gas on an idea I end up with several completed short stories, not a half-written epic space saga. Maybe not the best way to handle things but I've cut down on littering my hard drive with partially written stories at least.

 

[NikkiBastion]

Similar to your shorts above, another option would be to build a file of "scenes" in and of themselves and work them into something larger.

 

[latinplayer]

I have the same problem, writer's constipation coupled with thinker's diarrhea. The end result is folders full of half-finished stories, or as I call them, the "shit left to die" folders.

For me the solution is short stories. I'm forever coming up with epic ideas that I can't follow through on. So I've been trying to write them as a series of somewhat self-contained stories that link together. That way if I run out of gas on an idea I end up with several completed short stories, not a half-written epic space saga. Maybe not the best way to handle things but I've cut down on littering my hard drive with partially written stories at least.

Writing short stories is a great idea. Whenever I have a fragment or vague concept, I aim to make a short story out of it first. The idea will mature into flash fiction, a short story, a novella, or even a novel, and I've got 4 collections of short stories now that all began as one paragraph, or even one line, ideas.

The problem is that I keep getting inspired by new ideas, faster than I can churn out complete stories!

 

[nakdsub]

Wow! I learned one thing from this video

I just stumbled over this on You Tube last night and it genuinely helped...just the understanding itself was enough to break the door open.

Never looked at it this way, though probably knew it underneath it all. Sometimes just knowing makes all the difference in the world!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaugEliY-pI

I want to fuck Steven J. Cannell's daughter. Damn, that's nice.

And I had no writer's block in expressing myself at all.

 

[patdown]

I come up with parts of stories all the time. Sometimes it's characters that I don't know what to do with or what situation brings them together, other times it's some situation characters find themselves in but I don't now how to get them there or how to end the thing. I just write as much of it as I have and leave it. Sometimes I can finish it, or I find a way to use that scenario with different characters in something else.

I would say just keep track of the incomplete ideas and see when you can come back to them.

 

[Wataru_Gin]

Writer's block is a tough nut to crack. I always go to the tried and true motto:

"There is no great writing. There is only great re-writing."

So, with that said, I always defeat my writer's block by starting several paragraphs back from where I last stopped and I re-work those chapters. Sometimes after I reach the end of where I left off I just cruise along. Other times, I'm still blocked up and I have to go back even further. I think Stephen King once wrote (but I'm not 100% sure it was him) that you should always try to"work" a little each day. But it doesn't have to be writing. It could be research on your story. It could be character bios and development. It could be sketches and background history.

Another thing that helps me all the time is bouncing ideas off of fellow writers. I'm always interested in chatting. Shoot me a PM if you want -- I'll send you my email address or IM.

Happy writing.