I feel like a rat for cutting off norm's post but I think Rosey mostly covered it so...
HELP.
I started NaNo two years ago, fully intending to finish it, and fully failing. That's not the problem. The problem is that I overhauled the plot to my story last year and tried again... and failed again. I thought I would give up, but something keeps grabbing me about this book and won't let me go.
I've been (trying) to work on it continiously through these two years, but I realize now that I am utterly and completely, overwhelmingly stuck. Up a creek without a paddle.
Usually, I beat the block by working on other stuff, but now I'm getting desperate. I spent some time working out a plot, but I am generally unsatisfied with it. (It's not what I want it to be)
I keep having moments of "this is so boring, I quit" and moments of "wow, this could be so awesome"
There is an inkling of something truly great, ebbing on the corners of my conscioussness, but whenever I try to put something down (plot or prose-wise) it fades.
ALL THAT being said, I suppose my real problem is that I can't identify with the heart of my story. I know it should be tied closely to the heart of the protagonist somehow... but I can't find it.
How do you find the heart, or "core" of your stories.
I can't write without a purpose. It's meaningless and unsatisfying.
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