Louisa
asked
Shelly Crane:
How do you do it? I write short stories as a hobby sometimes, but i never finish them cause i can never get the story lines right or the characters to be like i want them to be.
Shelly Crane
Hi, Louisa!
Well, I personally like to write without an outline. I'm a pantser. But maybe you would benefit from plotting and outlining your story so you can see it in your head and know where you're going.
But I sit down and write, just write and keep going, even if it doesn't make sense sometimes, even if I don't love everything I'm typing. You just keep writing. You edit later, you fix things, you can delete or add entire chapters later if need be. But you keep writing until your characters tell you their story is done. Or at least done for now.
New writers are too hard on themselves sometimes because they feel like it has to be perfect right out of the gate, as it leaves their mind and lands on the page, or it's junk. But that's not how great stories are made.
Just. Keep. Writing.
Then you start your reread and fix all the little holes and problems and things that don't make sense. No one writes a perfect story. But a perfect story can be made with a lot of editing and a lot of rereads and a lot of long hours.
I wish you nothing but good things for you and your stories, Louisa!
Best wishes and happy endings,
Shelly Crane
Well, I personally like to write without an outline. I'm a pantser. But maybe you would benefit from plotting and outlining your story so you can see it in your head and know where you're going.
But I sit down and write, just write and keep going, even if it doesn't make sense sometimes, even if I don't love everything I'm typing. You just keep writing. You edit later, you fix things, you can delete or add entire chapters later if need be. But you keep writing until your characters tell you their story is done. Or at least done for now.
New writers are too hard on themselves sometimes because they feel like it has to be perfect right out of the gate, as it leaves their mind and lands on the page, or it's junk. But that's not how great stories are made.
Just. Keep. Writing.
Then you start your reread and fix all the little holes and problems and things that don't make sense. No one writes a perfect story. But a perfect story can be made with a lot of editing and a lot of rereads and a lot of long hours.
I wish you nothing but good things for you and your stories, Louisa!
Best wishes and happy endings,
Shelly Crane
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