I dearly would like this question answered if you could be willing. I am myself writing a fantasy, but struggling. I really don't want to put the project down, do you have any tips?
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Well, what exactly is your struggle? Scrapped for ideas? Unwilling to move the story because you feel you've hit a peak? What's the issue?
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I'm usually good at avoiding double posts. Dern interwebs.
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We've all done it Aguyina, worry not :D (my first emoticon)
Follow in God's glory; for in faith we are guided.Posted 1 month ago # -
No, I start to feel that the story is just not right, I've rewritten the plot 6 times as of yesterday, then around after 2 hours of writing and some distractions I just want to put it away while I dearly want to do it.
Sometimes I feel like im copying someone, when I am really not...=/
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Do you keep your old plot ideas written down? If not you should, so maybe you can incorporate them into the story as a subplot.
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Well, my particular way of writing is to get down the basic facts that will not change throughout. From there, you can look at the avenues that are open from the story standpoint. You need to know the limitations of a world and how to use them as a draw for the reader. From this, it's all about logic that pertains to the world within. If it's a grand journey, think about personal or political conflicts. If it's an isolated story, draw out several incarnations of the main characters then combine the bits you like best.
Perhaps give us a bit of an idea what you're working on regarding ideas?
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My idea I am using right now is:
A strong knight, knocked down in the wastelands of Coridar by a Dark Lord as he walked through the battlefield tearing his enemies down to the grave. The Dark, Lord Aradrid, didn't kill the knight though, he simply made him fall unconscious.
After he stood in the battlefield alone, his home City on fire he eventually goes on a journey to kill Aradrid and hopefully bring peace back to the world as it once was before this man became corrupted becoming a dark lord.
During his journey to kill Aradrid he finds himself in many conflicts ahead, finding new companions, etc, eventually he is leading a massive army upon the gates of Aradrid.You know the basic and hopefully exciting story.
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I'm slowly writing a fantasy novel as well. I'm sure John DeJordy or Oxhorn would both give some pretty good pointers but here's my strategy anyway.
Make an outline, sketch out what's happened and why, what the main conflict in your story is, how the protagonist is going to ultimately overcome or fail to resolve said conflict. Set beginning, middle and end plot points and then start thinking about which people and events might fill those voids to help or hinder the protagonist's journey. These could just be rough detailed accounts, you don't need to go all out. I just find that doing this helps me, personally, focus on keeping the story from drifting off and turning into a winding, bumpy road of mess.
However, I've found in my own writings that indulging in new ideas while you write can often bring about nice creative paths that could lead the story in a different direction. There's nothing wrong with that, as long as the new direction doesn't conflict with too many of the things you really like, of course you can always rewrite as needed if you are passionate about your new changes. If that happens just go in and rewrite your outline to fit your current creative niches.
You can also make a timeline and sketch out small summaries of key events you want to see happen. It's all about structuring your ideas so your story comes out coherent and clean. I hope this has been somewhat coherent and clean and helped you some. Cheers.
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That actually helps a lot. I never wrote an outline because I always had an idea in my head going on and didn't want to lose it. :P
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