FatCat
Maester
Hey all,
For a long time I've been very anxious over what to write. I can imagine plots and worlds to dress them in but one concept has always leeched my faith in a work. Honest Inspiration. By that I mean interjecting personal struggles via a medium, in our case Fantasy.
To me, and this may be romanticized, great fiction expresses a distinct footprint of personality. The story tells something hidden within the author that is fleshed out as the chapters go by.
When plot is written in self-reflection, in my opinion, is when prose ascends words into meaning. And here is my problem.
Being self-aware enough to not only question your perspective, but build a narrative on experience.
This is what's tripping me up. I'm 28 and have yet to feel any absolute feelings to fuel a story. I feel like anything I write is shallow and repetitive in the genre.
So, first, does anyone else feel this way? And two, how did you break through that mental block if you did?
For a long time I've been very anxious over what to write. I can imagine plots and worlds to dress them in but one concept has always leeched my faith in a work. Honest Inspiration. By that I mean interjecting personal struggles via a medium, in our case Fantasy.
To me, and this may be romanticized, great fiction expresses a distinct footprint of personality. The story tells something hidden within the author that is fleshed out as the chapters go by.
When plot is written in self-reflection, in my opinion, is when prose ascends words into meaning. And here is my problem.
Being self-aware enough to not only question your perspective, but build a narrative on experience.
This is what's tripping me up. I'm 28 and have yet to feel any absolute feelings to fuel a story. I feel like anything I write is shallow and repetitive in the genre.
So, first, does anyone else feel this way? And two, how did you break through that mental block if you did?