Turning Ideas into Novels

Hello,

I don't exactly know how to overcome this bad habit of letting ideas wither way without turning them into anything. I do have these interesting ideas and I do write a few chapters and then I hit this invisible wall. It's not that I don't know what to do with the plot, it's just I can't write after a while and go on to another idea. I'm sick of it. Any tips/suggestions?

I used to think it was a writers block but, maybe I'm just too impatient to stick to an idea. I don't know!

Hope I didn't confuse you with my mini-rant. I just wanted to get this out of my system. XD

thanks,

--starry.

The golden rule in this sort of case is just to keep on writing. Even if you hate it, even if you can't stand the sight of what you've already written, keep on writing. You'll eventually get through that invisible wall, and your writing should come back together again.

One thing that might help you stay with writing something is to start up character journals. Just write entries from the perspective of the various characters in the story. That way, if you begin to get attached to them, you're more likely to stick with it.

oh, interesting advice Mantis and thank you for the advise Smurf

Write your ideas down, focus on one and then categorically go through each idea until finally you finish each as a story.

Maybe you can't seem to stick with 'em because you don't like them? I dunno. If I were you, I'd try writing excerpts from each idea and seeing how you like it. And Mantis's advice on keeping a character Journal is interesting - I might try that myself.

Perhaps you should just keep on writing, though. Once you finish, you can always clean it up and who knows? You might be happy with it.

Mantis wrote:One thing that might help you stay with writing something is to start up character journals. Just write entries from the perspective of the various characters in the story. That way, if you begin to get attached to them, you're more likely to stick with it. :wink:

^ that worked really well for me. :D