I’m not sure which is more frustrating, having a storyline I can’t seem to get the characters right for, or having a pile of characters I can’t find a story to put them into?
I find myself struggling with the latter more than the former at the moment, but mostly because I just don’t have any decent storylines to work with right now. I have a few ideas rolling around, but nothing that could really be considered a complete storyline. At least nothing I could make interesting. Someone else maybe. But these plots that have manifested as of late are a bit of a departure from my “norm” and I really have no idea how to write them. I wouldn’t even know how to begin to try explain them to someone to get feedback on them either.
So I think about going back to one of my existing story plans. There are a few that hold potential. But which one do I work on? And are they really any good? If they held as much “potential” as I seem to think they do, why do I struggle with them so much? If I’ve been beating them to death for five years or more, are they really worth working on? And while we all know how I feel about dead horses, there are probably some that deserve to be spared further beating and finally be put to rest.
I suppose this circles back to the love-hate relationship I have with my writing. Apparently I love to hate it. And the Queen of Self Deprecation rears her ugly head once again to prevent me from getting anywhere.
I just want to write something. Is that too much to ask?
This drivel doesn’t count.
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