I've been working on the same story for about four years now.
I first had the idea in the summer of 2014, and I've been sort of hyperfixated on it ever since (to put this into perspective, this has been going on since the end of 9th grade, and I am currently about to graudate high school); I've fallen in love with the characters and world I've created and just feel emotionally attatched to the project as a whole. However, when it comes to actually writing... I've hardly done anything. I have passages, quotes, and even whole chapters scattered around, but I don't feel confident about any of it. I keep planning and coming up with new ideas, but every time I sit down to write, I either draw a blank or just end up deleting and editing chunks of what I've already written.
This story means a lot to me. It's the first story I've ever stayed interested in consistently and it has the strongest plot and characters of anything I've ever written. I'd love to complete and publish it someday, but it just doesn't seem realistic anymore.
I've been thinking I should take a break from it for a while and try working on something else, but I'm scared that if I do so I'll end up abandoning it, and end up having been fixated on something pointless for four years and coming out with nothing to show for it.
What should I do? Should I risk taking a break and trying something new? Or is there anything I can do to revive my inspiration for what I'm working on now?
Thanks
Feeling burned out with writing?
2018-04-17 12:05 am
回答 (6)
2018-04-17 4:11 am
I'm a pro artist and designer. Your problem is common - an inability to call a work finished and move on. The solution is simple - call it finished and move on. Success in art doesn't mean agonizing over it, it is all about evolution. You give the first one your best, and apply what you learned from it to the second one. And so on.
2018-04-17 5:10 am
If you're gonna write...WRITE. If you're gonna procrastinate...get another hobby....
2018-04-17 2:12 am
Sit down and do a basic story outline on paper like a flow chart. Fill in details on the flow chart with the side issues. Than once you have the whole plot down, you actually start writing the story, stick to the flow chart, and just DO it.
2018-04-17 6:33 am
Put it on a shelf and try writing something TOTALLY different.
Give your mind a break.
Give your mind a break.
2018-04-17 5:23 am
you either have a story you want to tell, or you just like to write; eventually you will have to finish, put-ti-aside to write more immediate stuff, or give up the sentimental value of your first story being viable story material.
for instance: i am trying to read, "swan's way" by proust, based on people's recommendations of it. it has problems for instance, the languid style, the grammatical sentence structure, and the story; in the end, the sentence structure might be the sole redeeming part of the book, as the style puts me to sleep and the story is so slow unfolding that it is almost incomprehensible. it seems like endless digressive story telling, and proust spent years and years writing it.
maybe, its time to go to the beach and think-up a new story.
for instance: i am trying to read, "swan's way" by proust, based on people's recommendations of it. it has problems for instance, the languid style, the grammatical sentence structure, and the story; in the end, the sentence structure might be the sole redeeming part of the book, as the style puts me to sleep and the story is so slow unfolding that it is almost incomprehensible. it seems like endless digressive story telling, and proust spent years and years writing it.
maybe, its time to go to the beach and think-up a new story.
2018-04-17 3:48 am
Delete it.
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