Maybe I am going about this all wrong.
As a child, when someone would suggest we make milkshakes, I was the kid that wanted to build the farm, buy some cows, milk em and use that milk to make some ice cream and make some milkshakes. Then, once everyone shot me down on that idea, I would want to make a little milkshake place and would start gathering wood from the... well the trees usually.
In essence, I was always the one that wanted to do WAY more then was necessary. I wanted a massive journey and even if someone let me get started, I would easily find myself overwhelmed and discouraged... eventually giving up and jumping head first into the self pity pit to wallow in my grand failure.
So perhaps, when writing my very first novel, I should take on something perhaps a little less strenuous then creating my own world. Don't get me wrong, I fully intend to finish that novel, but perhaps I should be starting with just a story first... Just to write something and maybe not make it as massive as this one.
Simplification my friends! Maybe my first novel will just be a story about one person. Who just lives. I am still mulling it over in my head, but I am working on creating a new outline. Im hopeful about this one also.
I'm available for a starring role. Just sayin'.
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ReplyDeleteOr keep the big one you are planning on the back burner, adding little bits here and there as you think of them, and work on a more simple idea. That way you don't feel as if you are pressuring yourself.
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