Soul Drake
28th March 2004, 12:00 PM
Hello all,
I've been lurking on the FFML for a while after coming back almost 3 years
after I actually wrote some fanfics. I have a pair of stories that have been
bugging me for quite some time, but for some reason I have not been able to
start either. One I have a beginning for, but I don't really have the
desire to write it at the present, the other I have an ending for, but I am
having the most frustrating time trying to begin it. I've literally deleted
100s of first drafts because they simply didn't feel right to me.
To get to the point, I was wondering if I might get some suggestions for
determining where to begin... or perhaps the more accurate question is how
to begin. I think my major problem with beginning right now is while I have
an attatchment to the character, I am not sure where to begin the
presentation of the character to create enough attatchment between her and
the reader before I start turning her life upside-down. (ironically, I do
know exactly how I'm going to turn her life upside-down in the beginning...)
After reading many websites and such, I have discarded my original idea of
presenting some of the traumas of her past in the very beginning. The
nature of the character, however, may be somewhat confusing for the reader
without this background, however, as she has a rather complicated emotional
state: On the outside she is a happy, friendly, popular girl, but inside,
she is a completely different person: very timid, a bit on the paranoid
side, scared of herself, and bothered by an event in her childhood.
Anyway, if I could get a few general suggestions, questions to think about
when I'm writing it, perhaps some other people's thought processes to keep
in mind will help me break this block and I can start writing or at least be
able to get a draft that I can post to the list for shredding in C&C ^^;
To spare the list from any traffic this might produce, please respond
privately. Anyone who wishes a forward of any of the suggestions I get,
just ask.
SD
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I've been lurking on the FFML for a while after coming back almost 3 years
after I actually wrote some fanfics. I have a pair of stories that have been
bugging me for quite some time, but for some reason I have not been able to
start either. One I have a beginning for, but I don't really have the
desire to write it at the present, the other I have an ending for, but I am
having the most frustrating time trying to begin it. I've literally deleted
100s of first drafts because they simply didn't feel right to me.
To get to the point, I was wondering if I might get some suggestions for
determining where to begin... or perhaps the more accurate question is how
to begin. I think my major problem with beginning right now is while I have
an attatchment to the character, I am not sure where to begin the
presentation of the character to create enough attatchment between her and
the reader before I start turning her life upside-down. (ironically, I do
know exactly how I'm going to turn her life upside-down in the beginning...)
After reading many websites and such, I have discarded my original idea of
presenting some of the traumas of her past in the very beginning. The
nature of the character, however, may be somewhat confusing for the reader
without this background, however, as she has a rather complicated emotional
state: On the outside she is a happy, friendly, popular girl, but inside,
she is a completely different person: very timid, a bit on the paranoid
side, scared of herself, and bothered by an event in her childhood.
Anyway, if I could get a few general suggestions, questions to think about
when I'm writing it, perhaps some other people's thought processes to keep
in mind will help me break this block and I can start writing or at least be
able to get a draft that I can post to the list for shredding in C&C ^^;
To spare the list from any traffic this might produce, please respond
privately. Anyone who wishes a forward of any of the suggestions I get,
just ask.
SD
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