Monday Madness: Original Fic

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Hey, all you original fic writers out there! How are things going on your latest/oldest/newest/only orig fic? Need any help? Got thoughts about something you want to share? Need encouragement? here's the place to do it. This week, I'm opening up the floor to you guys to discuss anything you want. So fire away!





I have to say I'm not doing so well with getting any more written in my own original fics this year, but I am hoping to. I really liked some of my ideas, but one of the problems I have is that new ideas come forward and take over my brain, and then before I get back to the first one, I feel compelled to start another one... and I have a few sitting in my WIP folder now.

I have consciously tried not to start any new ones lately though, so that maybe I can go back to some of the older ones. I have a couple that are well established - one has 25K written, and I have this idea of exactly where it's supposed to end, so I would like to make that one happen.

I also have another nine chapters in, and I have actually posted six of them, but I kind of stalled when I got to the chapter that needed the female lead to take centre stage, and I can't seem to get around that. I wanted to ask if anyone else has as much trouble writing female characters as I do? I find men easier, strangely enough, and I'm not sure why this is - maybe because I've been writing a lot of men for a long time - but any thoughts you have on the subject, or discussions on your own difficulties or ease with characters may be as good a place as any to start today.

Comments

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Don't worry at all about the ramble! That's exactly what this space is for! :D

I'm terrible and I apologise profusely for the delay in replying. I see all these great comments whenever I make one of these posts, and then I procrastinate about answering because they need thoughtful longer answers... it's just as bad as not being able to write! Anyway...

Thank you for the thoughts on female characters. I guess one of my problems with that is that I don't actually have many friends these days (when I was younger and din't have a family to fill up so much time, sure!) and my sister and I have nothing in common. I find I really don't have a lot in common with most women I know, so yeah, there really aren't that many females around me I'd base characters on. But, your comment does give me hope as there are characters in books and on TV and movies to look towards, so I guess that's something! ;-) Like you, I don't write a lot of female characters, and that is also part of my issue.

I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble with your short story that's due very soon. I do hope you will manage to get it done in time. I hope coming here made you remember all the things you enjoy about original writing, and I do hope we have helped inspire you in some small way! I guess knowing you're not alone with your frustrations is one of the things that helps me, so hopefully something like that may be of use!

Good luck with that story, and any others you're working on! ;-)

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Tv and movies is pretty much a fantastic place to look at female characters. I'm watching 'Suits' for the first time and the leader of the firm is a woman played by Gina Torres and I am LOVING her character! So yeah, I like your thought processes. And don't worry about how long you take to answer - I like popping in and out whenever.

Still done absolutely nothing with that short story but hey, I can only try right?!