User blog:Takeshi57/Stories

Creating a story can at times seem hard, but it just really depends how you look at it. You shouldn't ever attempt to force yourself to think up ideas; moreover you should let your mind wander until inspiration dawns on you.

That is an important thing of writing: Ideas come as they go; you have to give it time. Sometimes inspiration will hit you immediately, and other times it can take a long time. An example would be that the first chapter of In Memoriam nearly wrote itself (I had managed to get it all written out in an hour or so). On the other hand the concept for the next few chapters took a few days.

Sometimes this length isn't always so short to each other. To look at a different form of art, it took nearly 30 years for famed Origami Master Akira Yoshizawa to fold a cicada. This is a key thing; any artist must never be discouraged by a lack of ideas; rather, you must keep your mind open to possibilities, so that inspiration can easily spring forth.

You must also remind yourself that if a person critisizes your book without an explanation, then you should just ignore them. On the other hand, if they give an explanation, you should keep your mind open as to how you could fix it, unless it would cause a severe change to your original idea, in which case you should probably tell them that the story is just not for them. This is a balancing act, be careful not to lean too far in either direction regarding critisism.

Also, remember that while suggestions should be welcome, do not draw so highly on them that it is the reviewers who are controlling an evolving plot; this would ruin the whole point of YOU writing the story.

Always remember that in the end it is your story, but that the readers you wrote the story for should be impressed by it.