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in-between stories.

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honey:
Ok, so I finished Movie last week, and now I am having the damnedest time deciding what to do next. Does anyone have any specific routine they do when going from one story to the next? Or how do you get inspired to take the dive into your next project? I've got a whole list of ideas and I can't pick one of them and at the same time I keep thinking I should just come up with something new... I dunno... I hate being without stories to write. Not that I"m without stories. I'm in the middle of two others at the moment and just can't seem to kick my brain back into them. Ideas? Anyone?

starbeamz:
You are asking the wrong person, sister lol

Actually, someone recently told me that if I ever feel a strong urge to write something, no matter what story it was in and no matter how many other things I have to write, I should just write it or else you risk losing it forever. I think, if I were you, I'd write whatever I feel most strongly inclined to write, and then, after that, see where your brain takes you...

Sinara:
I have that problem almost every day of my life. Even when I am in the middle of a story - like I am now - I tend to get inspired for other stuff or have a million other things on the side to work on. I have a whole list of stories to work on, but I just don't have the inspiration to work on them all sometimes. And then, when I do get struck by inspiration, it's usually not for the story I am currently working on.

For No Strings Attached, I have hit a dry spell, but I am becoming super inspired for my next story, United In Grief. I say just go with whatever you feel has the strongest backbone - the one you feel like you are most likely to finish. I like to go with the stories that I have planned out thoroughly so that I know where I am headed from the first word I write. The ones you spend more time planning out and working the kinks out of tend to be your best stories because you work hard pre-planning and then you work hard during the "in progress" stage because you already know what's going to happen. It's just figuring out how to get there that takes time.

Anyway, I say go with whatever you feel strongest about or the one you have planned out the most.

AJsKellyMouse:
I have to agree with you two-go with the one you feel more strongly about and that you think you are most likely to finish.  I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with a huge list of stories though.  I'm going to have the same issue when I eventually finish Unexpected Love...I won't know where to go next.  Good luck choosing something!

Sinara:
It also always helps to bounce your ideas off on someone else to see which story THEY are most interested in. I tend to write the stories I think more people will read because their feedback inspires me to write. I love getting feedback.

So if you have someone to bounce your ideas off of, go ahead and see which one they think will have the most response from the general reading public.

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