What's this? Another serial?

[wyld_dandelyon]

kelkyag , not the only one to tease me that I still haven’t finished the series of stories that started with Feather-Blessed, asked: “How many serials do you want to have running at the same time?”

My plan was to do one. Fireborn. And really, one serial while doing other writing for publication is enough.

But then I found #FridayFlash, which stretches

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[tigertoy]

I'm glad I can help. I always seem to have lots of ideas in my head that I have great difficulty squeezing out through the tiny channel of writing words. Even writing a comment on someone else's post is often a struggle for me. Now and then I do get that feeling of words flowing out easily, but usually I can't get myself to start, or if I do start, I stumble and give up. If my writing comments for you helps to keep you going, that's great. And maybe my throwing out little bits of ideas for you will help in a small way to get my own creative channels unclogged.

[wyld_dandelyon]

Written words are only a tiny channel if you think of them one at a time. You can use as many as you want, and they're powerful enough to hold all the universes anyone has ever imagined.

I do appreciate your thoughts, and am glad when you take the time to comment.

I stumble too, you know. The trick is not to give up, to keep going, no matter how many times you stumble. And with the written word, you can fix as many of your stumbles as you notice, before everyone else notices them. Unlike stumbles when performing music!

Good luck!

[kelkyag]

Thank you! That's fascinating. I would have guessed it would be easier to write a short, fast piece about characters you already "knew" than one that didn't exist until you touched pen to paper.

there’s a multitude of stories to tell about any one character or setting

How could there not be? :)

[wyld_dandelyon]

I don't know that it's easier or harder, but it's definitely different.

For a short one-off, the characters, the magic (or gadgets), the place they're in--all can be whoever and whatever will make the best story. But you have to make up all of it, and give enough details to satisfy the reader.

For a longer story, or a sequel, you have to be sure you have all the details that you've already established in mind, and stay consistent. You need to find the best story for these characters, in this setting.

And as to the multitude of stories, that's always something I knew instinctively as a reader, but seeing it from a writer's perspective is ... different. There's so many things to think about as a writer, and different types of stories need different approaches to work.