globalbergonzi
Acolyte
I have recently developed a habit of not finishing stories. I have two completed first draft stories that I wrote around my first year of college (~5 years ago). That's far enough in the past that I'm worried about this habit. I know I'm not alone in this matter.
For me, what I've noticed is that my prose is now sparse and lacks an immersive quality. Brevity is something that comes naturally to me, but being concrete I feel is a weakness. I rarely, if ever describe setting. I know that some authors aren't very descriptive either.
I easily get bogged down with word count. Because I'm brief in my prose, the word count is low. The most I've written for one story is a little over 31,000 words. At that point of the story, I was already at the end of act II. I had some ideas of what to add to the story to lengthen and foreshadow some scenes, but I get worried that it won't be enough and I go back to the beginning and write it from there. I've done this three times now for my fantasy novel and I'm getting further along in the story each time. I just feel that if left unchecked it could be a problem later down the line.
Any thoughts, similar experiences, or pieces of advice are greatly appreciated.
For me, what I've noticed is that my prose is now sparse and lacks an immersive quality. Brevity is something that comes naturally to me, but being concrete I feel is a weakness. I rarely, if ever describe setting. I know that some authors aren't very descriptive either.
I easily get bogged down with word count. Because I'm brief in my prose, the word count is low. The most I've written for one story is a little over 31,000 words. At that point of the story, I was already at the end of act II. I had some ideas of what to add to the story to lengthen and foreshadow some scenes, but I get worried that it won't be enough and I go back to the beginning and write it from there. I've done this three times now for my fantasy novel and I'm getting further along in the story each time. I just feel that if left unchecked it could be a problem later down the line.
Any thoughts, similar experiences, or pieces of advice are greatly appreciated.