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Kei
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I have a lot of good ideas for short stories/books but I just can't seem to stick to one thing. Any advice?
Posted 2 months ago
lyricalongings
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Write all your ideas down, or try to at least. That's what I do. Then just add to each of them as the characters/stories/plots develop in your mind. You don't have to do everything all at once, but you can get all your ideas out of your head by writing them down, then come back to them later, if need be. Then you won't have to try to stick to just one thing. It's much easier that way.
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HeWhoPleasures
Posted Oct 26th, 2008 at 9:01PM
Yes. Write. Write. Write.

Many authors write different styles, different genres, different subjects. There's no reason you can't work on all your ideas.

Short stories are easy. You only need to stay focused for a short time. For full length books, you can write one chapter, then put it aside and work on another book's chapter, or another short.

Just keep writing.
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aguy
Posted Oct 26th, 2008 at 9:01PM
How about committing to x amount of time, or x amount of words, or x amount of tasks per week ?
Maybe you could make "x" really small at first and take
" baby steps " to greater amounts.
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ClickCloser
Posted Oct 26th, 2008 at 9:02PM
Well what helps me to write is just to think of one certain thing and write everything about that one topic and before you know it you will have ideas about that one thing and it keeps you focused on that certain subject.

Hopes this helps.
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ElLagarto
Posted Oct 26th, 2008 at 9:02PM
Stick to one thing or you will drive yourself mADD. Dabbling in lots of different projects is an excuse for not taking one thing seriously; this might be the result of a fear of failure - or even a fear of success.
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fungirlmmm
Posted Oct 26th, 2008 at 9:02PM
I also go back and forth. It is just my technique but I spend a month working on an item.... I am currently writing a historical novel but I also write poetry, song lyrics, and short stories including some mild erotica. I focus on one project at a time, and as El said above, I would go crazy if I switched back and forth between projects during the same week; however I do go back and forth but if I say I am going to work on my novel for two weeks I block out that time and focus on the novel and nothing else. Short stories, along with editing of others work come easily to me and I seem to breeze through those but the novel and poetry take more focus for me and therefore I have to focus more on it.
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MitchAndMaureen
Posted Oct 26th, 2008 at 9:02PM
Take up photography. That's what I did. I wrote 12 short stories then decided I wanted to be a photographer and became one.
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Armine
Posted Oct 26th, 2008 at 9:03PM
I currently have short-story ideas, six or seven are already laid out and ready to be written; but I only work on one story at a time, and I give those characters all of my love and attention. I'm with this girl Klarissa right now (in fact I just saw her get married) - but soon her tale will be over, and I will be 'meeting' these new characters and events. Try to totally immerse yourself in the worlds of your characters; get involved, feel their happiness and pain, be right there with them and treat them as real people. After all, to you they are, right?
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liveletlive1224
Posted Oct 26th, 2008 at 9:03PM
try writing about one thing, then switch to another. keep them in separate notebooks or computer files. As much as you can, try to go back and work some more on different ones. Some of the greatest books of all time were years in the making- sometimes even 20 years, because it took that long to bring out what was inside.
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kiddlemidd
Posted Oct 13th, 2008 at 5:39PM
Nanowrimo. Look it up. Soon, it's almost here.
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