Writing Assistance

Hi NoOne72, For me, writing is a creative and intuitive process and when I lose interest in a topic my project is done. Does it have to be more? Does it have to be longer? The discussion you started was perfect as it is. You knew when to stop. Sometimes longer and more isn't necessarily better. If a person lives inside the box they would think that, as a writer, they need to write a book and have it published, etc. If that's your goal, that's fine, but it might not happen naturally. When you live outside the box you recognize that you can be a writer even if you're adding a very simple, but profound, comment to a discussion.

If you had stopped the story after ten pages, it means you lost interest in it. If the story is not interesting to you, how can you expect the reader to be interested in it? You have two options: (a) kill it. (b) go back to the start, see where you missed your chain of thought and write afresh. If I were you I would opt for (b) as I don't want my labor of ten pages wasted. The only way to improve our writing is to keep writing. FYI Jeffrey Archer had made eighteen drafts before finalizing his novel which became a bestseller.

What I do is use a notepad and write a mixture of notes and outline of the story. That way I can write up the areas I really like and also notes. But I have a good outline to go by if I want to get back to it and finish it. I think that discipline is important also. Set aside a certain amount of time each and every day to write. Whether it is on an outline or on an actual story. Writing each day is very important and instils a discipline that you will thank yourself for later on.

I also love writing, I have a large number of poems and some short stories . if a new poem came in my mind , I immediately write it on or I'll forget it . I advise you to write a few lines of idea of ??the story that you write which you do not want to complete it, because the idea of ??another story that you want to write , back to the story when you want to complete it .

Writing is a story, especially the novels, takes a gradual process. You could begin now, stop for a while, then go on after some time. Or there are incidences when you could write a whole outline in one seating. Getting distracted with some newer ideas is perhaps natural because that also happens to me now, and it happens quite frequently, too. Perhaps whatever comes out in the end is case-to-case basis. I am not quite sure if there exists a particular method that could contribute on your focus in writing. All you have to do, from what I could see, is to feel determined, and to think that you have to do this, to complete the story you wanted to write. No matter how many times you get distracted, you must find some time to finally stay concentrated on a particular story you have already begun and you are planning to finish as soon as possible. If you could, set a certain time of the day when you think you could write continuously, when the flow of ideas go on and on. Keep on going with writing, until you still can. Don't get frustrated if you get to finish just a few pages. It's much better than not being able to write anything at all. Try to think more of that story you have already began. Ideas for other stories aren't welcome, but as much as possible, keep in mind that you still have to finish one work. At a time, if you could, too. I hope this could help. :)