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I don't know if what I am suffering from is writer's block because I can write scenes and continue the story - it's just that things evolve along this really weird route and the characters end up in a very different place from the beginning.
One thing I should say is that I simply cannot outline. I wish I could and I have tried many times but it just ain't happening. I think if I did have an outline that I could stick to then my story would follow the path towards the end that I have in mind. But instead the story goes where the characters seem to take it - maybe that's not a bad thing....
With this in mind I have decided to just write. I don't try and make any plans for the characters I kind of let them decide what happens and off we go. I am currently writing approx 3600 words a day and allowing things to just evolve. There is no craziness, it's not like the characters can suddenly grow wings and fly or wake up in a mystical land with strange creatures. They are doing what they would do as the characters that they are - but no outline seems to contain them.
Maybe this is my writing process, but it feels like I am not at the helm.
One thing I should say is that I simply cannot outline. I wish I could and I have tried many times but it just ain't happening. I think if I did have an outline that I could stick to then my story would follow the path towards the end that I have in mind. But instead the story goes where the characters seem to take it - maybe that's not a bad thing....
With this in mind I have decided to just write. I don't try and make any plans for the characters I kind of let them decide what happens and off we go. I am currently writing approx 3600 words a day and allowing things to just evolve. There is no craziness, it's not like the characters can suddenly grow wings and fly or wake up in a mystical land with strange creatures. They are doing what they would do as the characters that they are - but no outline seems to contain them.
Maybe this is my writing process, but it feels like I am not at the helm.