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writethisfanficSo many issues, where to start?
My first problem is that I have trouble finishing things. I find it easy to make outlines for countless fics, to start numerous 'first chapters' (I have like fifty, living on my hard drive. They multiply every time I look at them!) and then I end up leaving them somewhere in the dusty depths of my computer in favor of A Brand New Idea! I have no problem with one-shots, but I've never finished a multi-chaptered fic in my fan-writing life. I find that I lose attention quickly and the momentum (read: high) from writing the first couple of chapters quickly disappears after a while, resulting in an abandoned work. Any ideas on how to fix this?
My second problem is dialogue. There's too much of it! Several readers have commented that the plot progresses only through dialogue and moves at the speed of a snail, which is probably an insult to snails. Meeting the word count isn't the problem-- it's going way over it and still not reaching the resolution, which relates to my first problem.
Any help would be much appreciated!
My first problem is that I have trouble finishing things. I find it easy to make outlines for countless fics, to start numerous 'first chapters' (I have like fifty, living on my hard drive. They multiply every time I look at them!) and then I end up leaving them somewhere in the dusty depths of my computer in favor of A Brand New Idea! I have no problem with one-shots, but I've never finished a multi-chaptered fic in my fan-writing life. I find that I lose attention quickly and the momentum (read: high) from writing the first couple of chapters quickly disappears after a while, resulting in an abandoned work. Any ideas on how to fix this?
My second problem is dialogue. There's too much of it! Several readers have commented that the plot progresses only through dialogue and moves at the speed of a snail, which is probably an insult to snails. Meeting the word count isn't the problem-- it's going way over it and still not reaching the resolution, which relates to my first problem.
Any help would be much appreciated!
