Hi!
So I guess this is an odd form of writer's block. I'm getting geared up for NANO. This year I'm rebelling and doing short stories (with the idea of submitting them) and I'm looking at my short stories folder. And I have a *lot* of stories that I start but never finish. I mean a very lot (not to mention the unfinished novels).
So I'm trying to figure out what the deal is. I think it's a plotting thing. My writing is too "soft" - doesn't have strong enough "wants" to carry me all the way through (I think). But maybe it's something else. Sometimes I'll even have an idea of how it should end, but I seem to bore myself in the middle or something.
Anyone have any advice on how to learn to finish or how to figure out what stops me part-way through things? Things to read to help with this kind of thing?
I have googled looking for advice, but the generic advice (stay away from the internet, figure out the end, etc.) doesn't seem to apply here.
Thanks so much!
~Laura
So I guess this is an odd form of writer's block. I'm getting geared up for NANO. This year I'm rebelling and doing short stories (with the idea of submitting them) and I'm looking at my short stories folder. And I have a *lot* of stories that I start but never finish. I mean a very lot (not to mention the unfinished novels).
So I'm trying to figure out what the deal is. I think it's a plotting thing. My writing is too "soft" - doesn't have strong enough "wants" to carry me all the way through (I think). But maybe it's something else. Sometimes I'll even have an idea of how it should end, but I seem to bore myself in the middle or something.
Anyone have any advice on how to learn to finish or how to figure out what stops me part-way through things? Things to read to help with this kind of thing?
I have googled looking for advice, but the generic advice (stay away from the internet, figure out the end, etc.) doesn't seem to apply here.
Thanks so much!
~Laura