When writing, what is your most difficult challenge?

My problem is keeping it to the point, and having a use for characters once their main purpose is served. I mean, I know what they're going to do later on, but I worry about whether or not the reader is going to remember them. Also editing.

I typically will have trouble with two things in writing: writing the beginning of the story and coming up with characters' names.

I find it difficult to get the story rolling, and I often want to skip ahead to say, the middle of the book and start from there. It's kind of confusing to explain. I simply do not like writing the beginning.

As far as characters' names go, I can spend half an hour thinking of names for my characters. I'm extremely indecisive, so when I think I've found the perfect name for a character, I think of another name that I absolutely love.

That would be finding the right words to describe a place or person. I can't seem to know which description should be omitted and regarded as nonsense

Padding the story out with details about the setting.

Not erasing and starting over. I'm such a dang perfectionist it hurts...

Dialogues. The stupid dialogues that sound like something from a thousand years ago.

Continuing stories. It's all there, in my head, but having the discipline to write every bit of it... Isn't it enough just to assure people that it's a good story for them to enjoy it?

Probably trying not to use too much dialogue. Sometimes I go overboard and lack description.

Dialogues sound really out of date and either having too little detail or too much. :/

Some times I have a great idea, then when I've been writing for a bit I make the realization that there is no real plot and I'm sent back to square one.

[quote="carmenbluestar"]Some times I have a great idea, then when I've been writing for a bit I make the realization that there is no real plot and I'm sent back to square one.

-Return to square one do not pass go,
Do not collect 200$

Hah. It's actually fun to look back and see what my old writing challenges were, because they've changed.

I now have more of an issue not repeating myself and committing completely to the repercussions of each emotional action. Subtlety and infodumping aren't anywhere near as much of an issue for me as they used to be.

LittlePetRock wrote: What is your most difficult challenge, and how are you changing it?

Probably... everything! Lol. Actually, it's hard for me too write relationships. Since I'm chronically single, I don't really have loads of experience and end up plagarising.

subtly levels, sometimes I say things that I think are clever but possible to figure out but nobody else spots without it being pointed out to them.