"DreamsInPixels;14910670" wrote:
I totally relate to the feeling of "I think no one reads my stuff because I start new stuff and never finish anything." Which is why I did an entire outline from beginning to the end.
I guess the outline advice really helps for scripted stories -- which is another thing that I feel like no one reads so it discouraged me for a while (still does sometimes.)
Another thing I'm going to do is reward myself for reaching certain parts in my stories. That way I encourage myself to write. Maybe that's something people can do to keep writing when they feel down or discouraged?
"BabyDollAnne;14910046" wrote:
*takes nap on bench*
I have issues committing to a story. My mind goes mad with ideas and I always think of new stories.. but none of them connect, nothing intertwines and nothing has an ending. And when I think I have a good thing going... nobody reads it.
@DreamsInPixels and @BabyDollAnne - I wonder if I can express to each of you how much I have loved the beginnings of your stories...
With both of you, the characters, worlds, and plots you've created live on in me!
When I begin both your stories, I literally feel worlds open up inside of me! The joy is tremendous! It's so exciting! I've felt that I've swooped down into your worlds and lived with your characters...
And here is a beautiful secret I will share... because your stories weren't "completed," they continue to live inside of me! My imagination plays with your characters, your plots, your worlds... Everything you've started lives on in me and continues to provide me with joy.
Here's an idea: you know how people suggested to me that I work with the slow down and restriction that I'm currently facing?
Well... what if both of you embraced the energy of beginnings and new projects and never, ever, ever pressured yourself to finish them or to commit to them? What if you had the serial lover aspiration for writing SimLit? Wouldn't that be awesome?
You could call your blogs "Starters." And all the readers who love beginnings, but who don't feel they have the time to commit to reading an entire long series could read your starts?
I would, for sure! I would adore a blog that had each of your starts--I'd love them, and I'd go back and reread them.
And here's a whacky idea that I'm really excited about (but which might be too out-there to ever work): What if you had a garden nursery of stories? You guys could do the starts! Then, just like gardeners who have trouble germinating plants go to nurseries to by their "starts," bloggers and gamers who have trouble starting stories and games could go to your blogs for the starts (and you could make your Sims available on the gallery), and then they could transplant them into their games for the finishing! :)
Even if that's a goofy idea, I still encourage you to embrace your "starter" energy! Who said we had to finish anything? This is our hobby that we're doing for fun, because we love it! If you want to make a hundred starts, I'd read them all, and I would love them and find such joy in them! :)
