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Posted By: Brizzne Aug 11, 2003 - 04:58 am

Hey everyone im new here and this site has pumped me back up for writing again =) i just recently put up my first story i had ever written ( though i wrote it about 10 months back ) just to see what some people thought of my writing . Right now though i have a dilemma , i have a great idea for a story. Everyone i have pitched it too thinks it will be good ...but i cant seem to put it into words ....i mean i see it in my head but when i start to write i just cant think how to put it on the paper . Anyone have any tips on how to solve this problem or maybe have had similar problems ?

P.S. Special thanks to Bmat for fixing my goof on my short story post

Posted By: Ding_man Aug 11, 2003 - 07:09 am

You obviously aren't back into the writing 'zone' yet. I'd suggest writing three pages of free thinking every morning(thank Eleika for that) Just do that and then maybe yopu'll get back into the flow of writing.

Posted By: Maejai Aug 11, 2003 - 09:09 pm

Music and atmosphere helps me. I find writing is a mood thing and so I try to create the right mood. Think about the environment and tone of the particular piece/chapter/story that you want to write (eg happy/sad/light/dark/suspensful/urban rural/bizzarre/ etc..)and try as far as possible to put yourself in that place. You may end up taking a walk, a drive, sitting in the garden in the middle of the night or just finding a CD that seems to hit the right note.

Posted By: Neurolanis Aug 12, 2003 - 04:10 am

I've been there. Both Ding_man and Maejai have posted good ideas. I find that when this happens to me that I need to create a begining, and then the rest can just flow along. If I came up with the story--at least in part--while listening to a song by Bach, for example, than I'll return to that creative sourse for inspiration. I won't force the issue, just let go my conscious self and in time the idea will surface and take form. It's best to go all through the story in your mind, as if you're just creating it for the first time, getting into the raw feel of it, and then it's usually a piece of cake to invent a DETAILED BEGINING which you can easily to words--or maybe the opening words will come to you.

I find that going back to the creative sourse when in any doubt along the way always restores my vision and passion within the project. But like meditation, it may take patiance.

Posted By: Aldan Aug 12, 2003 - 02:57 pm

Often when a creative person has a great idea for a story/work of art/song/whatever, the "great idea" concept will be the impediment, as the creator will subconsciously begin to doubt his ability to do justice to the concept. One idea that I've had is to work on something else - create a short story or a bunch of poems or something OTHER THAN the work that you're finding so difficult to start. The previously-stated "ZONE" will soon return and THEN you can begin work on the story. JUST MAKE SURE TO KEEP NOTES (TONS OF THEM) ON YOUR STORY SO THAT YOU CAN GET RIGHT BACK INTO IT.
Your impediment is, of course, something that any published writer has encountered so many times that it has become like an annoying next-door neighbor - always showing up when you least want or expect it and never staying away for long.