Waiting for my laptop

[cleolinda]

So I came up with another short story idea yesterday while watching TV--it didn't fall on my head quite as fully formed as the one the other day, so I think it could use more time rolling around in my head. The ending's a pretty basic, common twist, so the point of the story--the So What of it, as my first English professor used to say--has got to be what leads up to it. It's got to be the kind of ending that enriches what came before, rather than just (try to) give you a DUN DUN DUNNNN moment. So. I think that's going to take a while to develop.

It's all good, though, because the hardest thing for me is coming up with concepts. I'm much more interested in and work better with character, and could write shorter one-offs about established characters, but when you're writing just a stand-alone short story, you don't really have enough room to get really, really deep into that, so it's more the theme, the So What, that takes precedence. The idea, really. And that's hard for me, to come up with stand-alone concepts. I don't know.

*obligatory whine about cleaning*

Comments

[editornia.livejournal.com]

I can think up an entire storyline, great characters, the works, but when I come to writing it down- it all comes undone, and I sit there staring at a blank screen or blank (unlined- I can't *write* on lined) piece of paper for what seems like hours. My muse either hates me, or gives me a great storyline thought and then goes away on a long holiday. :/

Good Luck getting your story down on paper! :)

[kunenk.livejournal.com]

This is kind of the situation I've got going at the moment- I know more or less what's going on, or meant to be going on, but getting it out of my head…

And on the way it sometimes turns out not entirely the way I'd wanted, which can sometimes be better, but other times not so much.

*seconds the luck*