jackitsu
Dreamer
So I have a pretty structured (for me ) outline and idea of my story, the characters, the setting and the bare bones of my plot. I pretty much have all the ingredients to actually start putting words on paper... and I'm stuck?
This is the hardest part for me... beginning. I've been staring at a blinking cursor on a blank screen for a few days during writing time just unable to write anything!
I've tried writing whatever scenes from the story just pop into my head, but they are rarely beginnings and its hard for me to connect mostly disjointed scenes. When I try to begin at the beginning, I get stumped on where I should start, and a million details without actually writing anything.
Does anyone else have this problem? Coming up with concepts and ideas isn't too hard for me, but actually writing out that first chapter or few is just a nightmare of paralyzing self-doubt while I try to figure out how to get some words down. How do you get fired up to start?
This is the hardest part for me... beginning. I've been staring at a blinking cursor on a blank screen for a few days during writing time just unable to write anything!
I've tried writing whatever scenes from the story just pop into my head, but they are rarely beginnings and its hard for me to connect mostly disjointed scenes. When I try to begin at the beginning, I get stumped on where I should start, and a million details without actually writing anything.
Does anyone else have this problem? Coming up with concepts and ideas isn't too hard for me, but actually writing out that first chapter or few is just a nightmare of paralyzing self-doubt while I try to figure out how to get some words down. How do you get fired up to start?