Thanks to every who has commented on my post about plotting, it’s been super helpful! I’m taking things one step at a time. On one hand it’s frustrating to be going slowly. But one the other hand it feels good to know that I’ve done at least one step a day.
I have never been good at plotting out stories. I’ve never liked to plot my stories. I’ve always liked to let them be free. I do not plot, despite it being much harder to write and finish my stories. And there lies the problem. I have such a hard time finding endings, or middles for my stories. I write and write and then I stop, and sometimes it takes me years to come back and finish.
There should be fanfare and loud clashing of cymbals right about now as I say this: I want to learn how to plot.
*Applause*
Thank you, thank you very much. You have no idea how my soul writhes against saying that. But I shall stand firm, this year of 2014 will find me trying to learn how to plot novels. I can’t promise myself that I will succeed, but I am going to try.
How do you write your stories? What are some of your favorite ways to plan out a novel/story?
they seemed to think it was wrong,
me hearing voices in my head,
saying i lived with people,
they think its wrong,
i live with sorrow not my own,
the things i feel,
the things i know,
they say it isn’t right.
if it’s not right,
what is it?
am i wrong?
is something in me wrong?
Up until last year I was in the group of writers that is anti self-publishing, and I was very adamant about my opinion. And then a blogger friend of mine decided to self-publish her amazing book Monster. And I decided to take a step back and look at the pros and cons of self-publishing. As of right now I’m still unsure what I think about it, but I’m feeling a little hypocritical because of trying to self-publish some stories.
What are your thoughts?
Sometimes the best thing to do when you’re stuck is to rewrite everything you have.
Hopefully this week I’ll have better luck with writing.
