forum Writing A Fantasy Story

Started February 11, 2018 by @Zinnia_Beanz

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Ask me literally anything about writing fantasy and I can probably help you out. That can range from asking for criticism, how to write beginnings, preventing writers block, etc.. I'd be happy to help.

Yes, I am constantly dropping book subjects because I get writers block and can't figure out how to connect all of my ideas fluidly. Have any advice?

Well, whenever I get writers block, there are several things I do. One, I'll just resort back to what I always do when writing. I'll make myself sit down, listen to music, and just think for an hour or so. Not write anything, just think. If that still doesn't work, I'll go out and start looking for inspiration. I'll read a book, watch a movie, or really anything with a good plot and character. Paying close attention to others' behavior is also a great way to come up with characters. In the case of just generally having no clue what else to do with a story, I'll leap into weird "What if" thoughts. "What if" thoughts are especially easy to come up with if I'm talking with a writing friend who are saying the craziest things that sometimes turn out to either inspire me to do something else and avoid their idea at all cost or the opposite, by actually doing it. If I were to recommend something to help with connecting ideas, I would say to either go to Speare.com, which allows you to write in separate chunks at will, or to just derail everything for ridiculous world-building or characterization. Like a filler episode in a show where they do something that has nothing at all to do with the actual plot.

It may seem counter-intuitive, but it works for me. It keeps me involved and invested in my world, even when I can't figure out what to do with it. And it's okay to write quote-on-quote "badly" if it's the best you can do at a certain time. Any writing during writer's block is progress, even if it's totally scrapped later. Oh! And another thing that I've done before was I switched the perspective of my characters, so a supporting character became the main focus. I didn't consider it part of my story, but it still kept me going when I wasn't sure about the actual story. I hope my advice is helpful.

@Natasha ^^

Thank you!!!!

Natasha, what helps me is writing on a piece of paper. Anything! Maybe a little paragraph of a story you've had in your mind, an unrelated piece of info on your characters, a cute scene that you know will never make it into the book, and my personal favorite, just putting your pencil down and writing whatever comes to mind.(Which is harder than you'd think!)

Yeah, I do that sometimes. I actually do most of my writing by hand. My mind is always filled with these half-formed crazy ideas, but when I try writing them down, I can't figure out how.

How can get to know more character? This sounds crazy, but sometimes I get confused on who she or he is.

I have this whole world built in my head, and amazing characters, but I can't come up with a good plot! what do I do??