the trouble with narrative
Summer is a strange time in which I kind of float around. I work. I have days off. I amuse myself in my spare time, but I don't really do anything. Lately, it's been a lot of WoW and a lot of reading (currently Shadowmarch by Tad Williams). The problem is this:
I'm having a bit of trouble with writing narrative lately. I want to write more of my Destiny story because it feels like the world is bulging in my head and I need some sort of outlet. I keep having little ideas, slightly rearranging details or matters of history. I did sit down and write the story of creation from the point of view of the first people (who are not the current people), but that's not really narrative; that's more the kind of thing that I keep written down for myself to form the skeleton of the story. I'm tired of building framework, though. I want to write the story. I just don't know where to start.
I already have a few chapters; I've posted most of them here. There are some that are unfinished. I have ideas of where I want things to go, like way markers on a path through an unknown territory. I just don't know how to get from one marker to the next.
I know people say to just write. It's just that often, nothing comes out.
I've been toying with the idea of writing random chapters, not necessarily in any order or with any main characters, and not even necessarily having anything to do with the main plot. Maybe something like that would get my head back into the world and even if I write something that doesn't end up in the final story, it could still prove useful.
So I think I'll go do that...
I'm having a bit of trouble with writing narrative lately. I want to write more of my Destiny story because it feels like the world is bulging in my head and I need some sort of outlet. I keep having little ideas, slightly rearranging details or matters of history. I did sit down and write the story of creation from the point of view of the first people (who are not the current people), but that's not really narrative; that's more the kind of thing that I keep written down for myself to form the skeleton of the story. I'm tired of building framework, though. I want to write the story. I just don't know where to start.
I already have a few chapters; I've posted most of them here. There are some that are unfinished. I have ideas of where I want things to go, like way markers on a path through an unknown territory. I just don't know how to get from one marker to the next.
I know people say to just write. It's just that often, nothing comes out.
I've been toying with the idea of writing random chapters, not necessarily in any order or with any main characters, and not even necessarily having anything to do with the main plot. Maybe something like that would get my head back into the world and even if I write something that doesn't end up in the final story, it could still prove useful.
So I think I'll go do that...