Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Writing Books

I've been writing a novel for two years now and it started out really well. I think that because I was just rolling off these ideas and the book was filling with my thoughts and I liked this story that I was writing. Now I look at these pages in front of me I have so much to compile for the people to understand what I'm trying to get at. But now I'm realizing that this is really hard to do, I have parts of the story that doesn't match in others and I have to elaborate a lot of it. Not to mention I've written this story well over three times and I don't think it's writers block because I already have the story, kinda. I just need to assemble it to where it fits right and the world can comprehend what I present to them. Some parts of the book I am elaborating and it makes the story rich with 'stuff', but some of the stuff makes me want to change the story a little bit, and the fact that the story will change might be a good thing or it will take away from what it really is supposed to be. I don't know, plus I already have the ideas for the second book and that makes it worse but I know how to end the first one hopefully. I'm plagued with ideas and no ideals. I guess I need a little guidance, Anybody?
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  1. Ms. LarrenagaFebruary 23, 2009 at 10:38 AM

    Focus.... Ideas.... Focus on Organization. Build an outline for your book and go from there. If it is a story work off a timeline too.

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  2. KevinMarch 4, 2009 at 2:05 PM

    you should re-prewrite, try making a web with all the parts you currently have and all the changes you'd like to make, along with how that effects other parts of the story. After that you should define a sequence of events so your plot dosn't have to go back and fourth through the time frame of the story.

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  3. angel ramseyMarch 5, 2009 at 12:08 PM

    I agree with Ms L, organization is key. Just take everything you have and fit it into some kind of outline made specifically for what you're working on and see where that takes you. It sounds like you're just having trouble getting it in order, which an outline and rewrite could really help. Let me know if theres anything I can do to help also. =]

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