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Wanna write. Drawing a blank.
7 years ago
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Probably the one thing I hate is having the itch to write, but not having an idea unfold in my head. Even for a small scene or something. Just...nothing.
Ever get that? You have a bunch of characters, you know they interact with each other, you want to SEE that interaction...but you can't for the life of ya come up with a scenario to see them do anything. It just ain't happening. The Stars aren't aligning, the Time is not Right, Dread Cthulhu hasn't yet Risen, and Mountains are still just an illusion and are forbidden by the City Council. (points to those who get the last one).
I've tried a few scenarios, but they aren't flowing right, and they feel like they are taking the characters out of context for the sake of just having them do something. Not a thing that makes me happy. I'm debating on whether to ask people to float me scenario ideas to see what perks my imagination, but I feel that's kinda a cheap way out, and the person who suggests something might not like the thing I end up writing (cuz I might take it an entirely different direction).
On another note, I did some tag-hunting to see how long it took for anything of mine to pop up in the Search. Holy, man. Some of the more specific tags, I never even had something surface, while some of the basic, common tags had my stuff pop up on random pages. Did a bit of checking and found out that the Search is not time-based descending/ascending. It's literally just a grab bag of everything that has a particular tag. On the first page of a search, the first three items I looked at were, in order, 3 years ago, 2 months ago, and 7 years ago. No particular order. Just...shared a tag.
This means that even properly tagging stuff just means your stuff is added to a crapshoot of everything else. My last fic, which was what, a month or so ago? Never even popped up on MULTIPLE searches. Which means it's that much harder to get things seen. It's kinda hilarious actually; I thought tagging things would bring them more to the forefront, only limited by recentness. Turns out that's entirely not the case.
Back to the story stuff... Yeah, I might as well ask; anyone that has a basic story scenario idea (nothing overly specific), just go ahead and PM me. If I get any responses, I'll see what I can do. LoL. Might as well roll the dice. Flip that coin.
Ever get that? You have a bunch of characters, you know they interact with each other, you want to SEE that interaction...but you can't for the life of ya come up with a scenario to see them do anything. It just ain't happening. The Stars aren't aligning, the Time is not Right, Dread Cthulhu hasn't yet Risen, and Mountains are still just an illusion and are forbidden by the City Council. (points to those who get the last one).
I've tried a few scenarios, but they aren't flowing right, and they feel like they are taking the characters out of context for the sake of just having them do something. Not a thing that makes me happy. I'm debating on whether to ask people to float me scenario ideas to see what perks my imagination, but I feel that's kinda a cheap way out, and the person who suggests something might not like the thing I end up writing (cuz I might take it an entirely different direction).
On another note, I did some tag-hunting to see how long it took for anything of mine to pop up in the Search. Holy, man. Some of the more specific tags, I never even had something surface, while some of the basic, common tags had my stuff pop up on random pages. Did a bit of checking and found out that the Search is not time-based descending/ascending. It's literally just a grab bag of everything that has a particular tag. On the first page of a search, the first three items I looked at were, in order, 3 years ago, 2 months ago, and 7 years ago. No particular order. Just...shared a tag.
This means that even properly tagging stuff just means your stuff is added to a crapshoot of everything else. My last fic, which was what, a month or so ago? Never even popped up on MULTIPLE searches. Which means it's that much harder to get things seen. It's kinda hilarious actually; I thought tagging things would bring them more to the forefront, only limited by recentness. Turns out that's entirely not the case.
Back to the story stuff... Yeah, I might as well ask; anyone that has a basic story scenario idea (nothing overly specific), just go ahead and PM me. If I get any responses, I'll see what I can do. LoL. Might as well roll the dice. Flip that coin.
Hard part is making it work in-world. LoL. Like, as an example, a high school drama scenario would not work for what I'm aiming for. It'd be a nice idea, but doesn't fit the world.
One thing I love seeing is characters interacting outside the general story they are involved in. Yes, you can have a story about fighting monsters and going to save the world...but I want to see those characters taking a day off. Like the stereotypical Anime Beach Episode where, for one moment or one episode or one arc, they're just....there. Or like, the Shwarma scene from Avengers. Doesn't matter in the movie overall, except as a funny little aside that was part of a throw-away joke in the movie, but that scene was GREAT when you look at it.
Another example is all the dialogues in the Tales Of series, or the Dinner at the Inn scenes in Grandia games. Just casual events, but it connected you to the characters. All of those are my favorites.
It's easy enough to write fight scenes or action scenes, but it's harder to do the stuff that happens in the time inbetween. Where characters just learn about each other and themselves.
Though yes, I like those moments in between too. I try to have a flow about my work so that between the world saving they have time to hang out and grow with each other, or apart, as may be required.
I know what you mean, I never force my plots. It may take forever, some nights I just need to sit in front of my computer and let the idea flow, other times I need just the right neurons to fire for it to come together, so I totally get it. Maybe it'd help to make a list of ideas you might like to explore with them?
http://creativitygames.net/random-w...../randomwords/2
I just got one "Bra Spar Bell Athletics". That one would be...interesting.