I realized how much I was in love with addicted to writing when I joined a forum three years ago. There was several of us gals that started writing and plotting together. We created our own characters whose storyline would involve the other writer's character...co-writing, so to speak.
It wasn't before too long that these brief stories evolved into pages and pages of reading, nothing short of a great paranormal soap opera. I can't even began to estimate how much time and heart I poured into my writing. Some of the characters I brought to life eventually became a part of me, and I'm sure there are many writers that can agree with me when I say that.
Too make this short, most of the writers I've been writing with these three past years, have stopped writing altogether. One has become successful and is in the process of having her other work published. I'm honestly stoked for her and can't wait to see her stuff in print. Then, of course, there are some that got too busy to contribute to the stories or, they just lost interest altogether. So the flow of the stories ceased and now I'm finding myself in a rough spot.
There are two characters of mine whose storyline was on the verge of being complete just before everyone stopped their writing. These characters are my all time favorites and for some reason I can't fathom, I have to finish them, even if no one else is writing at the forum where these stories are posted. If I left these two characters hanging, there would be no end to the small nagging voice in the back of my mind, telling me that I should of completed their story.
While working on putting the clamp on their stories, I questioned myself, "What next? What do I do now that I'm on my own and have no one to write with?" Because I don't want to stop writing, I've decided to move on to writing a novel. However, flying solo is much more difficult than I'd thought and adapting to not writing with the other gals has become a struggle, preventing me from going in the direction I'd like to. I started a novel, which is a lousy three paragraphs long, but again, starting new is like taking baby steps all over again.
Anyone have any tips on how I can overcome my past of collaberating with others and how to move on to the future?
It wasn't before too long that these brief stories evolved into pages and pages of reading, nothing short of a great paranormal soap opera. I can't even began to estimate how much time and heart I poured into my writing. Some of the characters I brought to life eventually became a part of me, and I'm sure there are many writers that can agree with me when I say that.
Too make this short, most of the writers I've been writing with these three past years, have stopped writing altogether. One has become successful and is in the process of having her other work published. I'm honestly stoked for her and can't wait to see her stuff in print. Then, of course, there are some that got too busy to contribute to the stories or, they just lost interest altogether. So the flow of the stories ceased and now I'm finding myself in a rough spot.
There are two characters of mine whose storyline was on the verge of being complete just before everyone stopped their writing. These characters are my all time favorites and for some reason I can't fathom, I have to finish them, even if no one else is writing at the forum where these stories are posted. If I left these two characters hanging, there would be no end to the small nagging voice in the back of my mind, telling me that I should of completed their story.
While working on putting the clamp on their stories, I questioned myself, "What next? What do I do now that I'm on my own and have no one to write with?" Because I don't want to stop writing, I've decided to move on to writing a novel. However, flying solo is much more difficult than I'd thought and adapting to not writing with the other gals has become a struggle, preventing me from going in the direction I'd like to. I started a novel, which is a lousy three paragraphs long, but again, starting new is like taking baby steps all over again.
Anyone have any tips on how I can overcome my past of collaberating with others and how to move on to the future?
