What's your ultimate 'dream' for your story?

Worthy39

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To be honest, the original goal for my story was something along the lines of getting it adapted, didn't really care what, but after writing about a third of it? I just want to convey the message behind the story clearly. I feel like a lot of what's popular these days forgot that your writing can carry a meaning beyond just entertainment. There was a story that really helped me improve as a person when I was younger, and if my story could have even a small impact on someone in a positive way, that's more than enough for me.
 

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I've browsed a lot of other-site forums and have asked similar questions, I've seen wide ranges of answers. Some people say they write purely for the love of the game and don't want a penny for their writing. I've also seen others say their dream is to get it adapted to a high-budget movie or even anime. What do you all want for your story, or have you not thought that far ahead?
Well. I only have two real 'dreams' for my work.
1) To finish writing it (and maybe self-publish on Amazon once I have for physical copies).
2) For people to enjoy reading it.

Anything more would be great, sure, but I'm a realist, and prefer to keep my expectations within the realm of the 'achievable' for an independent, indie author.
Whatever comes of it will come of it.
 

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For The Blue Lotus, It has always been the same dream. See an anime adaptation of it. That's why the book is structured as such and overall it's a very visual novel. It's not too long but at the same length as Hellsing Ultimate or Deathnote. Just one bomb of story that becomes a must watch in the future. Yeah, so as a novel the story does not hit as hard as it will as an adaptation.
The next book that I will be writing is completely different and might be even shorter than TBL. It will be a prologue book in the same universe (modern future world) for the third book that I'll be writing (which will be extremely long). That's where the world building happens.
 

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I've browsed a lot of other-site forums and have asked similar questions, I've seen wide ranges of answers. Some people say they write purely for the love of the game and don't want a penny for their writing. I've also seen others say their dream is to get it adapted to a high-budget movie or even anime. What do you all want for your story, or have you not thought that far ahead?
Finish it first, and if I have the funds, and am still willing to, adapt it to a VN.
 

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My biggest dream would be for my story to become either a manga, anime, or video game (going to be learning RPG maker to try and make that last one a reality!). I don't care about money, though I just want many people to enjoy my story. :)
 

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I've browsed a lot of other-site forums and have asked similar questions, I've seen wide ranges of answers. Some people say they write purely for the love of the game and don't want a penny for their writing. I've also seen others say their dream is to get it adapted to a high-budget movie or even anime. What do you all want for your story, or have you not thought that far ahead?
I write purely for passion, because I have loved books since I was a kid. My dream is that my book can resonate with people and bring them on a visceral journey.
 

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I'm not sure if I'm being delusional, but since we are talking about dreams, no matter how pretentious they may seems.

1- finish my stories. No matter how much readers I can have, I should at least finish them for myself. I erased many of them after encountering writer blocks, now they are still there trapped in my mind.

2- Writing something that people will like. If they like my story, it's means that they like me, a little, right?

3- monetisation. I don't need much, just enough to stop stealing and racketing, not necessarily for good, just the time to figure something out.
4- adaptation, in order of priority it come fourth. I hope I could adapt my story into a game, even if it is by myself.

5th but strangely it should have come first, I feel that writing is sometime a therapy, just as sharing what you write is. I hope that things come around, so that I can have my priorities fixed
 

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For whatever I'm working on, it's always just to finish it. Dreams of grandeur only come about in the space between writing thing and starting next thing.
 

Wamba2K

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I've browsed a lot of other-site forums and have asked similar questions, I've seen wide ranges of answers. Some people say they write purely for the love of the game and don't want a penny for their writing. I've also seen others say their dream is to get it adapted to a high-budget movie or even anime. What do you all want for your story, or have you not thought that far ahead?
Someone to tell that it's peak fiction. Then I can die happy.
 

Nekyo

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Definitely dreaming for the Manga and Anime adaptation. I explicitly aim for the Light Novel feel and try to bring something familiar yet refreshing, so we'll see!
 

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Honestly I don't care. I just want people to enjoy what I write. I mean sure getting a Manga or an anime made of it would be amazing but that's not exactly realistic. I also wish to be more transparent with my readers.
 
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TinaMigarlo

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Well, everyone can dream. Dreams are free. However, I choose to dream more realistically.

I don't have high expectations; I just want to finish my fiction according to my artistic vision, make it readable, and maybe get some readers willing to review and discuss it.

Of course, I might even publish my fiction as a paperback book, but that's more of a final hope after I finish this personal project.

Now, I just want to finish my fiction as best as I can while my creativity dwindles.
sounds familiar to me. Step one, I get a reader or three. Step two? Maybe they like it. Anything else comes after that gets rolling if ever. SInce I have no readers, I obviously still need to get better and dreams are useless to that end. That's the immediate task at hand, and I'm task oriented.
 

RadicalMongoose13

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Well the story I'm running here is actually a bit of a side project. But my ultimate dream for any of my work would be to have a manga/graphic novel/anime adaptation made.
 
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