I Cant seem to stick to one Story

[QueenInRags]

Ive developed the horrible habit of coming up with a great story idea before quickly leaving on to another one often biting off too many stories at once.
So far ive been pretty content with one of my less successful stories but Ive also picked up another one to write at the same time XD

 

[ThrillingHuman]

At least you don't do it like me and stick all those ideas into a single story turning it into an unmanageable mess

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Ive developed the horrible habit of coming up with a great story idea before quickly leaving on to another one often biting off too many stories at once.
So far ive been pretty content with one of my less successful stories but Ive also picked up another one to write at the same time XD

If you're a 'plotter', you can write the plan (plot and settings) of your stories and come back when your interest returns.

 

[Motsu]

Then don't stick to one, or get used to multi-tasking. Simple as that.

 

[ArcadiaBlade]

I recommend that you should only focus on one story instead of making multiple ones....

*Looks at 15+ novels unfinished*

Well, once you have great inspriation, you never stop coming at for more is what I say. Just stick to the one whom you can develop into a long one or just finish on the previous one before developing another.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Ive developed the horrible habit of coming up with a great story idea before quickly leaving on to another one often biting off too many stories at once.
So far ive been pretty content with one of my less successful stories but Ive also picked up another one to write at the same time XD

Just write it out first.

I have a folder worth of that shit.

Then take your time to filter what you want and don't want.

Mix and match to see if you can form a coherent plotline

 

[skillet]

Ive developed the horrible habit of coming up with a great story idea before quickly leaving on to another one often biting off too many stories at once.

same.

At least you don't do it like me and stick all those ideas into a single story turning it into an unmanageable mess

same.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

That's fine. It's called polyamory ?

 

[Varstark]

You could think of those ideas less as individual stories of their own, and like NotaNuffian said, mix and match to see what you come up with. Sometimes, because they came out of one head, there's a connecting thread between those ideas that you can try and unearth, similar concepts and mirror images that can unify those ideas.

OTOH, to do so, you can't get too attached to those ideas as they are and you have to be willing to change some parts of them. Just don't erase or delete anything because it's always good to have parts lying arond.

 

[NotYourTypicalMan]

same

 

[Deleted member 45782]

well shit same here.
cheers.
you'll find out eventually how to.

i list all those stories in one series on SH. makes it easier to look back which to pull out what idea i want to write on when i come back to it. been trying to think of a different genre than the last two short stories i wrote for class cause need to do that for a third upcoming assignment. but all these story ideas currently on mind are just all similar genre...

off-topic. anyhow, you can list bunch story ideas on google docs too. or like on a spreadsheet. figure out when you're ready to go back.
start with short stories first. easier to complete. then transition to bigger stories. more complete, more achievement feel, more likely to complete other stories, and less pileup of story ideas waiting to be finished feel.

 

[Kuropon]

It's always easier to start a story out, you are just introducing new characters and building up the world.

Guess I'm the reverse as after a year I'm still continuing my two stories. It's better to keep at one or two, you will gain more readers.

 

[Deleted member 53101]

Here's what I did, I write those ideas first into some mini-chapters. If the ideas and plot are feasible to add to the main story, I'll consider it. If I don't see any potential, I just discard it into the folder D:\Write\Unfinished. I have about thirteen titles of those unfinished stories; the chapter counts ranging from 1 to 30 with an average word count of 2k to 3k per chapter.

Sometimes, you need to let all of your ideas flow out of your mind. It's quite distracting when you have those overloaded ideas in your head, at least that's what I felt. Organize the mind by emptying it all or projecting it in the form of writing. This is to let my mind straight and get back to my main story.

 

[bigbear51]

I understand how you feel, since I've have half a dozen series that I came up with over the last year. Some of which might never see an ending for various reasons. Though I'm glad that I did finish one of my more popular works, even if I'm already thinking of the sequel anyway.