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kriadydragon) wrote2013-02-13 09:06 pm
kriadydragon) wrote2013-02-13 09:06 pm
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How Do They Do It?
How do writers stick with a series? Because speaking for myself I have a hard enough time writing trilogies (in fact, I've yet to actually finish a trilogy :/) How do they stick with the same world and characters and not get bored with it?
I really want to tackle a series, which considering my penchant for having more unfinished stories than finished and starting trilogies only to not finish them... you would think this a really, really bad idea. Most especially should I end up getting bored with it and not wanting to continue it, which is kind of my biggest fear when it comes to me writing a series.
On the other hand, since I've yet to actually tackle a series, who's to say I won't love it so much that I stick with it?
Because the common thread among all my unfinished stories is that I'd rushed into them. I was so excited by the story idea that I didn't take the time I usually take when it comes to putting the story together. I didn't sit down and plot down the details, or the world, or both, and instead jumped right in (because apparently I never learn). I didn't take the time to see if I could make the world and story better.
Still, I don't fully trust myself to take on a series when I've yet to even finish a trilogy. So my game plan is this - a story idea that I can go back to, but that I'm not obligated to go back to. A story that if it wants to be a series, that's fine, but if it ends up being two books or a trilogy and nothing more, that's fine too. That way, I have a story and world I can go back to whenever I want instead of having to go back to immediately because the audience is waiting, and thus lose interest when the story becomes something I have to do rather than want to do.
I'm currently working on such a story now. I have the world building done, the basic premise done, and now I'm moving on into the outline. It's a story that, at the moment, is one I feel I can return to whenever I wish, while open enough to turn it into something more if I want. I even an idea for book two should I wish to continue, even ideas for book three and four.
So, hopefully, by making it something that doesn't feel like an obligation, I'll be able to stick with it and prove to myself that, yes, I can write a multi-book book. (which will be a huge relief, because I'm ridiculously ambitious and have more multi-book story ideas than I know what to do with)
I really want to tackle a series, which considering my penchant for having more unfinished stories than finished and starting trilogies only to not finish them... you would think this a really, really bad idea. Most especially should I end up getting bored with it and not wanting to continue it, which is kind of my biggest fear when it comes to me writing a series.
On the other hand, since I've yet to actually tackle a series, who's to say I won't love it so much that I stick with it?
Because the common thread among all my unfinished stories is that I'd rushed into them. I was so excited by the story idea that I didn't take the time I usually take when it comes to putting the story together. I didn't sit down and plot down the details, or the world, or both, and instead jumped right in (because apparently I never learn). I didn't take the time to see if I could make the world and story better.
Still, I don't fully trust myself to take on a series when I've yet to even finish a trilogy. So my game plan is this - a story idea that I can go back to, but that I'm not obligated to go back to. A story that if it wants to be a series, that's fine, but if it ends up being two books or a trilogy and nothing more, that's fine too. That way, I have a story and world I can go back to whenever I want instead of having to go back to immediately because the audience is waiting, and thus lose interest when the story becomes something I have to do rather than want to do.
I'm currently working on such a story now. I have the world building done, the basic premise done, and now I'm moving on into the outline. It's a story that, at the moment, is one I feel I can return to whenever I wish, while open enough to turn it into something more if I want. I even an idea for book two should I wish to continue, even ideas for book three and four.
So, hopefully, by making it something that doesn't feel like an obligation, I'll be able to stick with it and prove to myself that, yes, I can write a multi-book book. (which will be a huge relief, because I'm ridiculously ambitious and have more multi-book story ideas than I know what to do with)