Romance Novel
I’ve gotten back into my short story. Well, I’m developing the plot and it may end up being a novel when I’m all done. I’ve not done the character profiles yet, but my mind has somewhat developed the characters. I just haven’t gotten them down on paper. The storyline itself was originally to be a short story. I felt that was easier to work with than something bigger. But as I keep developing the story, I feel I need to fill in here and there and it’s getting longer and longer. And I haven’t even developed any dialogue yet. I think that will be the hardest part. I’m horrible when it comes to actual dialogue.
So far, I’m really liking this storyline. I think it’s something that won’t lose my interest or liking as quickly as some others I’ve played around with. I’ve got several other short story ideas on paper. They are all interconnected as they revolve around the same family…just different members. This was originally created to be an online soap opera, but I felt it too overwhelming to try to keep it going indefinitely and on a steady timeline of delivery(ie, weekly, biweekly, etc). So I then broke them apart into their own stories…kind of like a series. For me that works better and doesn’t feel so daunting.
Right now I’m focusing on the one story. Maybe as I develop it the characters will “talk to me†and tell me where to go next. For now though, it’s fun developing the story. It still has a long way to go and I need to really develop my characters beyond what I see in my mind, but it’s coming along nicely.
One thing I notice with this writing, is that I will be all into it for a while, then get burned out and put it away for a few months. When I come back, I just pick up and my creative brain cells start churning. Then after a few months, they die again and it’s pushed aside till the next time I get a whim to work on it. Does that happen to anyone else?
