I would suggest more planning.
decide who the main characters are, the idea you are trying to get across to the reader and what events you are sure you want to happen in sequence. Map out what creates the events and what are the results of the event. Make sure you have a climax where nothing is ever the same.
In summary, Try to make a general outline and follow it from their, however, you don't have to stay strictly to the outline, the best ideas come while your writing. good luck!
Don't ever feel rushed to finish, or even start a story. let it form into exactly what you want it to be then start.
If your ready to start then commit to it, set aside some writing time. get into it, writing is your own expression. your thoughts, ideas, and feeling put into one place.
Not to be bossy or anything, but if you're ready then go for it. don't hold back.
Freewrites are delicious ways to get into your characters mind without them knowing. You make them passionate enough and they'll spill out their secrets to you very quickly.
Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est.
"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly." ~ Richard Bach
I tend to do research to refine my ideas. See what/where I could start off, customs that the place has and how that fits into my story, how I want my character to change, where she (or he) will end up, that sort of thing.
Asking questions is another thing you could do. You have a scene, now you ask: where does it go from there?
And the third thing that got my story off the ground after two and a half years: The Hero's Journey. I read the steps and used that to get my general outline. The story has already strayed from said outline (30 pages in), but it gave me a much needed basic framework.
A writer is a world trapped in a person— Victor Hugo
Ink is blood. Paper is bandages. The wounded press books to their heart to know they're not alone.
Do a story outline. No, no, no, wait. I have a better idea. Usually, these ideas come with a cool scene already thought out. So, write out that scene. You know, no matter where it is. The end, the middle, the start of the story, just write it. Then, do a story outline. That usually gets the... whatever rolling.
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