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Posted By: shootbootleg Feb 08, 2004 - 03:34 pm

I wrote only one story, and it was a work for my final year exam in high school. I have about a million ideas, write them down, and then start to develop. And after a few pages I just let it go. How to make yourself go on? I know it's a dumb question, but is there any way do throw out all the characters circuling in the head?
And also, I burned/deleted a lot of my stuff, when got paranoid. Yeah, a real drama queen...

Sorry, for the misspelling, english isn't my mother language. thanx.

Posted By: Athalia Feb 10, 2004 - 10:13 am

You discribe the same symptoms I have, I got bullheaded, and decided I would pick ONE story and write only about it.

So far I am kinda sticking to that, half way done and it only took three years....

Posted By: thegreentick Feb 10, 2004 - 04:44 pm

I started with one one idea and stuck with it for over seven. I am still working on it hard and I still have a long way to go.

I have had many other smaller ideas but this one comes first.

Posted By: Eleika Feb 10, 2004 - 06:09 pm

Going on one decade for my Takara idea. It's evolved as my writing has.

Posted By: Aldan Feb 11, 2004 - 07:15 am

Evolution is something that needs to happen with all writers. It's just important not to lose your style as you change, or at least to only tweak your style (unless you can come up with something that just works better for you all around.

Posted By: gypsychic Feb 11, 2004 - 07:22 am

I'm sorry, we're not allowed to use that insideous word here in Georgia anymore. From now on, please change all references to evolution to read "biological changes over time." Perhaps Bmat could go through the site and change them

Posted By: Bmat Feb 11, 2004 - 08:48 am

I'm on it.

Posted By: Aldan Feb 11, 2004 - 09:30 am

Okay, then, how about EVIL-LUTION?

Posted By: gypsychic Feb 11, 2004 - 09:38 am

Hmm - perhaps that would be a good name for the proposed changes to our curriculum....

The best summary of this garbage was in a letter to the editor - to paraphrase, From now on in Georgia we aren't going to teach any history that came before 1870 and we aren't going to teach any biology that came after 1870.

It's the best kind of joke - funny and true!

Posted By: Aldan Feb 11, 2004 - 11:03 am

*Aldan grins so hugely that the top of his head falls over backwards*

Posted By: gypsychic Feb 12, 2004 - 05:59 am

Wow, what an odd biological change over time that is.