[deleted] t1_iy9sxwa wrote
What helped you get started? I feel like I have a million ideas and just can’t get them to paper. How did you push through the hard days to get where you are now?
barrylyga OP t1_iy9uapi wrote
Part of it was just stubbornness, honestly! I was too damn obstinate to give up, when a reasonable person probably would have at some point!
But here's something to remember: Ideas themselves are cheap. It's what you do with them that matters.
I like to treat great ideas like small children desperate for my love -- I ignore them. 😆 When I get a great idea, I try not to think about it. Then, sometimes, like that small child desperate for my love, it will come back with some new element or facet. "Look what I got you! Love me!"
And I send it away again. And again. And again.
The truly great ideas are the ones that keep coming back with more and more to offer until I get to the nuns and puppies stage of writing -- that's when I would cheerfully drive a bus through a throng of innocent nuns and puppies for the chance to write the story! And that's when I know I have to write this story!
Check out my Writing Advice blogs -- lots of stuff in there that's directly on-point, especially #4, #5, and #42!
[deleted] t1_iy9utab wrote
It's funny, I'm so stubborn in a million other areas, but I guess it had never occurred to me that I could apply that stubbornness here.
Thank you for taking the time to respond. There's some great stuff to commit to mind in this comment alone. I'm looking forward to reading through your blog!
barrylyga OP t1_iy9yig8 wrote
Obstinacy can be a blessing and curse!
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