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Carter-Orange:
I've had times where I've felt like that Mel.  I've got a couple of word docs with beginnings of stories that I might continue some day, or I might just delete them.

A collab challenge sounds fun Mare :)

Rose:
OMG yes lmao. During my attempt to write RMTW, I've had 5 ideas pop up and I've been sitting on them. 6 if you count Walked Out Of My Dreams...which I caved, started...and stopped after 5 chapters in attempt to focus LOL. And this isn't counting the 4 collab ideas between me and Julie once we finish Undead that have popped up.

I end up writing the idea down, make a banner if it really won't leave me alone. And then I sit on it. It's usually the best thing to do.





And yay for a collab challenge!

Mellz Bellz:
Oooh a collab challenge does sound like fun and maybe it would be good for me because it would be like a baby step towards completing something on my own. Interesting that you mentioned falling into a rut after BMS Julie. I totally think that's my problem. After ALTOS which was my most sucessful story so far I think I feel pressure to top it and I don't think I'll ever have the same success with something else.

I may try fooling around this idea I got yesterday and see if it goes anywhere. I ran it by a friend and she liked it plus it's very different from what I usually write which may be good. We'll see... Thanks for the suggestions! Glad that I am not the only one with this problem.

julilly:
I have everything ADD (Mare can confirm this lol) but my fanfic ADD is pretty intense these days! I am all over the board with fanfic lately. I have three stories in various states of completion and I'm doing a crappy job of keeping up with reading!

RokofAges75:

--- Quote from: Mellz Bellz on July 24, 2011, 06:03:25 PM ---Oooh a collab challenge does sound like fun and maybe it would be good for me because it would be like a baby step towards completing something on my own. Interesting that you mentioned falling into a rut after BMS Julie. I totally think that's my problem. After ALTOS which was my most sucessful story so far I think I feel pressure to top it and I don't think I'll ever have the same success with something else.

I may try fooling around this idea I got yesterday and see if it goes anywhere. I ran it by a friend and she liked it plus it's very different from what I usually write which may be good. We'll see... Thanks for the suggestions! Glad that I am not the only one with this problem.

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I think that has a lot to do with it.  It's hard when you're so focused on one story/series and one set of characters for so long, and then it ends, and you have to write something different.  And the added pressure of trying to top a story that was successful doesn't help.  Obviously you need to write for you and not worry about other people's reaction to it, but it's hard when you don't know what to write.

I had to step away from my medical drama romance angst-fests for awhile and write some other things, some action, some horror, but even so, three and a half years later, the first novel I was able to get more than a few chapters done of on my own was none other than a medical drama romance angst-fest LOL.  So even though I think it helps to get outside the box, don't feel like you have to stray too far from your roots for too long.  It's always easiest to write what's in your comfort zone, what you like best, and what you do best.  I just think sometimes you have to take a break from that in order to appreciate coming back to it.

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