Hey, so I think I've figured out why I'm having trouble. I used to write fan-fiction before I think it was even called that. I used to take characters from one story and put them into another that all ready existed. I'd take fables and change them – like make Snow White a horror story. So I never created my own characters and plots, just toyed with existing ones as a youngster.
Now I'm trying to create my own work it's really hard. I have ideas but am struggling so much to mesh them all together. I've tried following the three act strucutre, the hero's Journey, the Snowflake method and a few others but I keep getting stuck. I know my character pretty well I just can't find the right story for her. I know I'm not a panster so I just wanted to ask how to go about doing this? Or maybe I'm just someone who needs to play with existing stories, maybe I'm not good at creating things from scratch and should go back to that, it has been months and months of trying to work on this. I have writing experience but putting a story together and coming up with my own ideas is new.
I appreciate any feedback and advice, thank you.
Now I'm trying to create my own work it's really hard. I have ideas but am struggling so much to mesh them all together. I've tried following the three act strucutre, the hero's Journey, the Snowflake method and a few others but I keep getting stuck. I know my character pretty well I just can't find the right story for her. I know I'm not a panster so I just wanted to ask how to go about doing this? Or maybe I'm just someone who needs to play with existing stories, maybe I'm not good at creating things from scratch and should go back to that, it has been months and months of trying to work on this. I have writing experience but putting a story together and coming up with my own ideas is new.
I appreciate any feedback and advice, thank you.