Do you know what's going to happen in the first chapter? Have you figured out just how your characters end up at your ending? Do you know your story question(the thing your ending answers)?
I've found that plotting goes a long way to keep me on track; mostly because my nebulous ideas centers around either a setting (oh, hey, what the world needs is clearly a crossover/fusion beween White Collar and Criminal Minds) or a point along the way (Hotch meets with Gibbs, nuclear explosion at 11). Fitting those into a story framework helps. Somewhat. I suck at finishing stories. ;-)
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Date: Saturday, January 14th, 2012 23:23 (UTC)I've found that plotting goes a long way to keep me on track; mostly because my nebulous ideas centers around either a setting (oh, hey, what the world needs is clearly a crossover/fusion beween White Collar and Criminal Minds) or a point along the way (Hotch meets with Gibbs, nuclear explosion at 11). Fitting those into a story framework helps. Somewhat. I suck at finishing stories. ;-)