I have stories in my head ( broad strokes). I can vividly imagine narrative moments in media res that I would love to do justice to by filling out the before and after. I create personalities in my head that I talk to and could transcribe. I know what themes and motifs I would like to touch... but every time I sit down to actually try and drag these imaginings into reality my mind goes blank. I sit, I struggle, I am at a crossroad amidst a blank void.
How do I learn how to give structure to this impulse to create fiction? Where do I learn how to create a program or methodology that allows me to take these abstract yearnings and give them a concrete form?
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you for listening.
You have provided some really useful tips and (because of) the optimistic helpfulness has been affirming. Full disclosure: I stole the idea of a missed call from Robert Jordan's initial idea for Wheel of Time, but it is just SO GOOD somebody needs to write it. I'm going to try for a short story instead of gaming tonight. Thank you. I really needed somebody to chime in and help me get over the mental road block.
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Thanks bud, you can be sure Imma post it here once I finally get to the level of writing something worth sharing.