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Another Side (BLOG)
Thoughts, rants, anything not super creative or involving a lot of thought.
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I am struggling so bad with writer's block. I have all these snippets of ideas that are aching to be written, but I can't seem to get enough of a grasp of the whole idea to really write anything down. I want to write a short story to begin with to sort of get the juices flowing, but I don't know what to write. My husband and I have begun developing an idea for a full novel, maybe even a trilogy. Alas, an idea is not enough. So I'm turning to a blog, a journal, the thing I swore I would never do again after my last poor experience in such a realm. Maybe in this locale, it won't be as risky? Who knows? I don't guess it really matters all that much anyway.

So back to the writer's block issue. I've considered beginning with something autobiographical to get things going for me. To write at all is to succeed on some level, right? The thing is, I'm not sure my life is so interesting. Yes, I have a few stories, but I don't know that they're worth writing about. I've also considered beginning work on the novel by simply fleshing out the characters and plots. Like, write everything about my main character: history, appearance, personality, dreams, weaknesses, strengths, social status, relationships, etc. If I flesh out the main character, it might give the edge I need to develop a world for him. Or I could flesh out the setting: the kingdoms, the conflict, the weather, the terrain, the lifestyle, etc. Or I could outline a basic linear plot: history, beginning, climax, ending, conflicts, etc.

My problem is that I have so many "coulds" that I'm not even doing. I need to be doing instead of could-ing. I'm just not sure where to start. Everything seems so vain and frivolous. I need a push, and I don't know where to find it.
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3.  ReturningID #644540 
Posted: 4-9-2009 @ 1:12 pm EDT 

I gave up. Once again, I got overwhelmed by possibilities and gave up on them all cause I couldn't make sense of any of them.

I want desperately to write, but I just can't seem to get started. I want to try again. I'm back and I want to try again. Maybe this time, I'll actually do something.
 


2.  First Story!ID #602230 
Posted: 8-16-2008 @ 10:05 am EDT 

So, I'm excited! I actually wrote a story, a complete story. This is the first thing I've written in about three years and the second story ever attempted. I know it's not all great, maybe not even that good, but I'm elated because I finally created something. I'm even more excited because it's totally different from anything I would have attempted previously. I wrote it for a contest on another site using a picture prompt.

I'm dying to get reviews on this thing to see where I stand on the whole story-writing thing. I don't care about ratings, just reviews, critiques. So, if anyone reads this and has a few minutes, check it out maybe? ;)

Thanks!

ID: 1462805   (Rated: 13+)
Selah 
When a dream is more than imagination and future collides with history. Picture prompt.
by Genevieve J Cotterman

 

1.  Of all the prompts....ID #601982 
Posted: 8-14-2008 @ 7:41 pm EDT 
Edited: 8-15-2008 @ 9:09 am EDT 

Ok, this is my informal writing style and my gripey mode.

I have signed up on two sites hoping to increase my writing ability and stretch my imagination. I figured it might help to have two styles of site. This site strikes me as more professional, while the other strikes me as more random, I guess. There appear to be far more younger and immature writers on the other site, but there are also some phenomenal authors as well.

So I entered a contest. The premise is to enter and ask for a prompt and the owner of the contest gives a random prompt. I looked at some other entries and they looked like decent prompts, so I decided to give it a shot. What prompt do I get??

Emo kid.

Seriously. Write a story about a troubled teen, why the teen is troubled, how the teen deals with conflicts in life, and how the teen resolves the drama. Emo drama!!

Why me??

Of all the things... GOSH! So, now I'm slated as an entry in a contest that could have been cool but is now totally lame, for me at least. But I should do it, I guess. I mean, if it's about stretching imagination and working outside of your box, this is definitely the way to do it. But damn.

*sigh*


















 



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