@Sanch250
My 2024 story is all finished up. First chapter is posted here on Wattpad, with the remaining 29 chapters scheduled to release weekly. Hope you enjoy!
https://www.wattpad.com/story/387418417?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=postToProfile&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details&wp_uname=Sanch250
https://youtu.be/WRd3g_8-WLQ?si=pY-wmgg65vyCLD6g A very good piece of advice I heard. Figured I’d share it here!
Added ‘The Charred Chest’ short story to this short story collection. Check it out when you have a chance!
https://www.wattpad.com/story/288982805?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=postToProfile&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details&wp_uname=Sanch250
Not really a new years resolution but more of a life resolution, I’m aiming to try and make a full novel every year, as well as 3-4 short stories. Since 2020 I’ve been able to do a novel a year, so I think this is doable.
I think going about it this way gives me enough time to make sure each project has good quality, but not so much time that I procrastinate or get stuck on the same project forever.
Everything would still get a good round of edits after the first draft of course, but I won’t be stuck editing the same story for too long either, which I think is a trap a lot of us fall into.
Just thought I’d share. Does anyone else have any self imposed writerly challenges like this as well?
8-Chapter short story on route to Wattpad. Keep an eye out!
https://youtu.be/UVnLW47cpFk?si=utUYR9c8FP6mXaJO This is a link to a video by Masahiro Sakurai. While he directs the video towards a more businessy project setting, I think it applies very well to writing. It basically says, keep whatever project you have under wraps until it’s finished. Because the moment you share it, you can lose a certain driving force to keep going. Instead, build up momentum on your own. Watch the video and lemme know what you think!
‘ Prodigal Son- A Rhivera Story’ is now fully published! Check it out! It’s a short story so it wouldn’t take long to read through.
https://www.wattpad.com/story/348324049?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=postToProfile&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details&wp_uname=Sanch250&wp_originator=IKRoBwX7%2BrSzkvQUHrKiwqas2Mhs%2BjP4W09unyoS7z07wiI19Wy0rQerJ%2FHog0YnME1GcPPlqRg80SMPUsZmudUXQr%2Bo66b8eKqm3jOC3xXee%2FAEfXG38%2FubZGnyDHjp
I heard this nice piece of writing advice recently, and thought I’d share.
You should found out where you’re wrong fast. So sharing your work with other people to find out what’s not working is essential.
90% of the time someone says something isn’t working, they’re right.
BUT, if they start giving suggestions like saying what they’d do, you should discard it.
That’s something you need to figure out for yourself.
And that’s why you take writing classes too. Beta readers are not writing instructors and Vice versa. I try to keep my advice what I learned from writing instructors
I think this would mainly count for writing.
For suggestions, I think the advise was to specific events. “Have this character say or do this instead” type of deal.
I think overarching, more general writing advice is good in that scenario.
@Sanch250 Not a bad piece of advice, but it's difficult to get feedback, especially from people who know what they're talking about. I wouldn't necessarily discard a piece of advice that suggests how a person might do something. You can sometimes learn something from people's suggestions. Like imitating a certain style of singing until you figure out which technique you can blend with your base set and make it truly your own. Sifting is better than outright discardment.
General question for anyone, how long do you usually sit with a story before you think it’s ready to truly write?
For me, all my stories have been circling around in my head years before I actually wrote a full novel for them.
Rhivera was an idea I had 8 years before I finally wrote a complete first draft.
Lands of Ralosia was in my mind for 5 years before I wrote all three books.
Halls of the Dead had the shortest turn around, only taking 2 years from conception to actually writing it.
My most recent short story, Prodigal Son, actually came from an idea a full decade ago.
The next story I’m aiming to write came from an idea I almost forgot from 8 years ago.
I feel like all of my ideas had a lot of time to stew in my mind before I took off with it. Is it similar for anyone else?
Does anyone write a story within a year, or even months of the idea first coming to them?
@Sanch250 10 weeks. I took 4 weeks to brainstorm and outline and 6 weeks to complete the first draft, which was 95k words. Then 10 months, i think, to solicit feedback and produce a second draft.
@ostromn I feel there always has to be a period of stronger focus on an idea, whether it’s brainstorming or actually writing it. I feel like that period is longer for me a lot of the time. I’ll even shelve ideas for later if they aren’t quite working. Ince you read got into the idea, how long did it take including brainstorming and finishing that first draft?
@Sanch250 I had an extremely vague concept in my head for over a decade about a magic system with some kind of extreme impact on the environment. But literally all the rest was developed in the space of one month of intense brainstorming, world-building, character development, and plot outlining. I tend to need a short, immersive experience in order for my idea to feel like it is ready to come to life. And it needs to be extremely fresh in my mind for it to feel compelling enough to write and clear enough for me to know where I'm going.
I’ve just published a new short story, The Prodigal Son- A Rhivera story.
And in a surprising show of restraint, I didn’t publish the entire story all at once!
Every weekend a few chapters will auto-publish until all 9 chapters have been released. It’s a short story and I like it that way.
For those familiar with my novel ‘Rhivera’ this takes place in the same setting.
Check it out!
https://www.wattpad.com/story/348324049?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=postToProfile&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details&wp_uname=Sanch250&wp_originator=e6RxvzjlxW1puu2O1h6oHK8qcfrIxxXlTA81lzzusF3QsslSE3%2FU57cKQfjoOWXLH%2FTm9Gh9pbGRf%2F7T4uSFol8v1bDmLYq%2BT6iPUKMOM8BBX6HjrYkb195fplyBRh0E