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Author Topic: Does anyone ever get the feeling that their stories hate them? lol  (Read 20174 times)

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For some reason I feel anti-finishing feelings toward PBox. lol I get an itty-bit inspired and say that I'm going to write... Then I atare at a blank document in word for like twelve minutes. Why? :(

Has this happened to anyone else before? lol
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Re: Does anyone ever get the feeling that their stories hate them? lol
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2008, 04:26:13 PM »

Finally someone started a topic that I couldn't decide on how to start.

I've been feeling this way often, though I refuse to just give up and not finish. I figure since I have gotten this far then I can make it towards the end. It make take a few struggles, but I will eventually get there if I stick to it.

One of my biggest problems lately is uncooperative characters. They are being stubborn and frankly they just will not do what I tell them to. For example, I planned out a scene for Chapter 20 of ITNC, but when I started writing it, it would not go the way I wanted it to and now I find myself not knowing exactly what direction the scene is going and supposed to go. And worse yet? The characters are refusing to tell me.

Heh, so yeah, on a more mentally sane note, I understand completely what you are talking about. I think we all do?
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Re: Does anyone ever get the feeling that their stories hate them? lol
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2008, 04:45:49 PM »

Well.... I'm sure most of my characters hate me by now as well. lmao

I have all of three chapters left to write--that's why it's annoying. lmao I know exactly what said three chapters are each supposed to be about too.... It just hates me. lmao

Oh, Nick did that to me a long time ago. I'm happy that he did, since the story ended up better for it. :) I'd say just go with it; youe characters probably have a good feeling of their world. :)
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Re: Does anyone ever get the feeling that their stories hate them? lol
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2008, 04:54:34 PM »

I feel the same way about my final two stories. It's so bad I can't even get myself to open up word. I know I don't want to leave everyone hanging by not finishing but I honestly have no desire to finish either story at all. I am going to try my hardest to get Thirteenth Step done though because i'm so close to being finished. Because I haven't written in a while I feel like I have lost that connection I have had with my characters and that's sad.
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Re: Does anyone ever get the feeling that their stories hate them? lol
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2008, 06:16:08 PM »

I think it may be almost worse for you, Mare, than me. I think I'm only sad because this has been my baby for almost two and a half years. And it seems almost unreal to let go of one story that will be the first I've finished in a long time... If I get my motivation back up.... There's at least two others focusing on these characters for me, so... it's not so bad...

But final is a big word.... It makes it seem that much more sad... Even I feel sad for that end. And it has very little to do with me...
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Re: Does anyone ever get the feeling that their stories hate them? lol
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2008, 08:11:06 PM »

Letting go is never easy...
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Re: Does anyone ever get the feeling that their stories hate them? lol
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2008, 08:20:25 PM »

That's a fact. lol
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Re: Does anyone ever get the feeling that their stories hate them? lol
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2008, 08:24:14 PM »

Nobody likes change either. Especially the characters.
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Re: Does anyone ever get the feeling that their stories hate them? lol
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2008, 08:28:39 PM »

aww yes, final is a big word. Maybe that's it, maybe my characters don't like change and know this is it so they are holding me hostage lol
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« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2008, 08:31:13 PM »

Tell them the word "final" isn't so scary, it's ok to go towards the big bright light at the end of the tunnel, and maybe they will release you?
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Re: Does anyone ever get the feeling that their stories hate them? lol
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2008, 08:34:55 PM »

yes, I shall try that lol
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Re: Does anyone ever get the feeling that their stories hate them? lol
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2008, 08:59:20 PM »

ROFL! Aw, poor Mare's characters. :(
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Re: Does anyone ever get the feeling that their stories hate them? lol
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2008, 10:57:33 PM »

Ummmm... I know The Day I Fall hates me. lol, actually, pretty much all of my Nick stories have or do hate me.  Ok, maybe it's just Nick that hates me and not the stories.
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Re: Does anyone ever get the feeling that their stories hate them? lol
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2008, 11:34:42 PM »

It seems like Nick is a bit difficult for everyone. lmao
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Re: Does anyone ever get the feeling that their stories hate them? lol
« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2008, 02:08:21 AM »

I found that Nick was pretty easy to work with when I wrote him 1st POV in "Could Be Worse". Actually, he was a big hoot!
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