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Elizabeth Culmer ([personal profile] edenfalling) wrote2015-08-13 11:11 pm

writing woes

I know exactly what I want to write for my NFE fic -- I have the characters, I have the subject of discussion, I have the ending (...ish), but I cannot for the life of me figure out where the story needs to start. Every single thing I've tried just fizzles out in a sputter of futility. And that's if it even stands up long enough to make it from my brain to the page!

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In summary, BEARS.
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[personal profile] lady_songsmith 2015-08-14 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
*nodnodnod* I have lots of stuff in my head but no actual plot. BEARS.
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[personal profile] lady_songsmith 2015-08-14 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
There may be something to this -- I was saying to someone that I thought I might have to default, and they were encouraging me to do so because stressing out makes for bad fic anyway, then the next day I woke up with IDEAS.
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[personal profile] transposable_element 2015-08-14 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
About a week ago I gave up on my original story idea and started fresh with something new, and things have been going a lot better. So, yeah.