poetry
it's been a while since I've written anything except poetry.
I'm taking a thesis in poetry next semester... it looks to be fun
but I miss novel writing.
Suibhe-y pointed something out a while ago (I don't know if you even REMEMBER): to write a story you must have a story to tell (well maybe you didn't say it quite like that... but that's what it amounted to). ie, plots. Plots plots plots plots plots.
What to do with my plots? I have some plots going on. Other plots are not fully developed. I don't have *endings* in mind for most of my stories. In fact, I think I have 3 endings in mind for maybe seven stories I'm currently working on (and by current I mean in the past, say, 3 years). Where did my plot-bug go? When did it fall off the face of the planet or get stepped on or something? Seriously, what happened to me having a story to tell? Right now I can think of over a dozen (hell, probably a hundred) new story beginnings, but only one vaguely generic sort of ending.
Maybe that should be my Nano goal. I know, I know, I'm not doing Nano this year because Grad Schools Ate My Brains Nom Nom Nom. but it would be a good goal to have--come up with 50 different plots with endings.
All the endings I can currently think of are pretty sappy. -.- Well, Siraya and Ilviras' one is okay, but the rest.... gah.
Advice for endings, folks?
I'm taking a thesis in poetry next semester... it looks to be fun
but I miss novel writing.
Suibhe-y pointed something out a while ago (I don't know if you even REMEMBER): to write a story you must have a story to tell (well maybe you didn't say it quite like that... but that's what it amounted to). ie, plots. Plots plots plots plots plots.
What to do with my plots? I have some plots going on. Other plots are not fully developed. I don't have *endings* in mind for most of my stories. In fact, I think I have 3 endings in mind for maybe seven stories I'm currently working on (and by current I mean in the past, say, 3 years). Where did my plot-bug go? When did it fall off the face of the planet or get stepped on or something? Seriously, what happened to me having a story to tell? Right now I can think of over a dozen (hell, probably a hundred) new story beginnings, but only one vaguely generic sort of ending.
Maybe that should be my Nano goal. I know, I know, I'm not doing Nano this year because Grad Schools Ate My Brains Nom Nom Nom. but it would be a good goal to have--come up with 50 different plots with endings.
All the endings I can currently think of are pretty sappy. -.- Well, Siraya and Ilviras' one is okay, but the rest.... gah.
Advice for endings, folks?