oooh...i am stuck to write it!!

@ifa225 (14460)
Indonesia
October 1, 2010 11:39pm CST
I try to write a novel. but when i read it again, it feel so ridiculous and cliche. i guess i am not that good to write a novel. and i don't have a great fantasy too. do we have a good fantasy to write a novel? if it does...i guess i am out.. can u suggest me to keep write about it?
8 responses
• Greece
2 Oct 10
If you're trying to write it in English, it will be very difficult because your sentences are not well-formed at all. If you're trying to write it in your native language, I suggest you keep notes first and then combine them into a story. You don't provide many details about the kind of the novel so I can't help you much. But if you feel your imagination is not vivid enough, you can write real things that have actually happened and exaggerate/change them a bit. Good luck!
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@ifa225 (14460)
• Indonesia
2 Oct 10
*shy*...i know i ma not good in english. i am trying it in my native language. that is a great suggestion, like finishing a puzzle. thanks
@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
20 Oct 10
Actually I am serious to say that writing is not a tough task. Seriously... The toughest task is to construct the idea and storyline before writing is really a tough deed. So do your paper works before starting. Construct the story as skeleton. After that you can add the flesh. How you construct the skeleton gives the shape.
@ifa225 (14460)
• Indonesia
20 Oct 10
hello aalexix, it is not a though task, but i try to build a great story with a great situation and make the reader feeling interesting. that is not easy for me
@ifa225 (14460)
• Indonesia
22 Oct 10
these idea seems overwhelming and i just don't know how to start it and construct it serially. but i will do my best to do it. thanks a lot for your support
@Aaleexix (2290)
• India
20 Oct 10
I think you can do. Because many had done that earlier. So try to construct what you think. You have amend your idea when storyline is proceed on. Don't let die your idea on mind. Do some paper works. What idea come write down. Then you can construct those serially.
@rosdimy (3926)
• Malaysia
2 Oct 10
About 10 years ago I was a ghost writer. The stories that I wrote were based on real incidents, and expanded with my imagination. What I am going to write is an addition to what have been suggested before me. I do realise that not many people can imagine things from one single event, partly because they were not really taught to do so. If you think that you belong to this category then 1) Avoid aiming for a long story. Write what you already know, add what you can. What is important is to get the story written. 2) Go back to your written work, and add anything else that comes to mind. If you do this you will find your story growing. Writing a story based on real lfe events can make it appealing to readers because it is easier to put some life into it.
@ifa225 (14460)
• Indonesia
20 Oct 10
a ghost writer? that is my dream job, i hope someday i can be a ghost writer too. and thanks alot for sharing your opinion,that would be help.
@ifa225 (14460)
• Indonesia
20 Oct 10
a ghost writer? that is my dream job, i hope someday i can be a ghost writer too. and thanks alot for sharing your opinion,that would be help.
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
2 Oct 10
hai ifa... nice to see you again ifa... i think you start write from your experience or your circumstances...
@ifa225 (14460)
• Indonesia
20 Oct 10
hello adhy, nice to see you too based on experience is the best way to start to write but i need some wild imagination
@ifa225 (14460)
• Indonesia
25 Oct 10
like something unusual. harry potter if i may give you an example
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
24 Oct 10
wild imagination? like what??
• China
3 Oct 10
hi,IFA225.I always keep a diary .certainly ,I didnt do it everything .I think you'd keep a diary when you want to do .
@ifa225 (14460)
• Indonesia
20 Oct 10
that is great. i will bring my diary to write an experience so i might not forget it. and who knows it would inspires me too to wrote some short story. Thanks Lance
@franne32 (694)
• Philippines
3 Oct 10
Maybe you should read more books first and then focus on what topic you want to write about. Short stories are good starters and probably you can develop more ideas as you go along. That's just my opinion, though.
@ifa225 (14460)
• Indonesia
20 Oct 10
You have a good opinion here Franne. reading more books will give me some example how to write a short story. i guess i have to be more passion to read
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
22 May 11
Perhaps you could write about what you know: incidents from your own life: an autobiographical novel. Many first-time writers use their own experiences to create their first novel.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
3 Oct 10
ifa all good writers and great writers start feeling that what they wrote sounds dumb and stupid,while you do need to work on your English you do have an imagination and try to picture what you have got in your mind and start to elaborate on it. sometimes just sitting down and free style writing for say a half hour on anything that comes to your mind, do not criticize it or change it just keep on writing til your time is up.Okayt now read what you have written . A lot of times in that writing you will see something that triggers a story, so now grab that and start elaborating on it.Also take writing classes in a junior college so you can get some clues as how to form a short story or a novel.Ifa do read a lot of the kind of fiction you like and observe the way your favorite suthors put together their novels. this all will help,.
@ifa225 (14460)
• Indonesia
20 Oct 10
wooww, you have a great solution here. sitting and imagining might help me to write some fantasy i am sure that would be help. thanks a lot