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Dec. 11th, 2009 04:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
musingaloudHaven't been posting much, mainly because I don't feel I have anything interesting to say. I've been writing every day, but only a basic ten-minutes or so, just to say I did. I've been doing better the last week or so, but I have 2 stories I need to finish in a week and both are giving me fits. One I keep stumbling on, even though I have a pretty good idea of what I want it to be (except for the ending which is a little grayish) and the other is an idea looking for a story to go along with it. Can't get that one figured out.
I read an interesting post the other day talking about the difference between a story idea and a story. Wish I could remember whose post this was, because I've really been thinking about it a lot the last few days. (If you know, please let me know in comments)
Basically it was saying that sometimes stories are written that are really only about an idea, as if the writer is saying, hey look, I had this great idea. But there's really not a *story* there. I guess basically they're saying it's a plot without an actual story. What is it that makes a story then? I'm thinking it's the character's journey. What does the character want? I mean, *really* want, not just his/her story goal. And what's standing in their way? Or whom is standing in their way?
I read an interesting post the other day talking about the difference between a story idea and a story. Wish I could remember whose post this was, because I've really been thinking about it a lot the last few days. (If you know, please let me know in comments)
Basically it was saying that sometimes stories are written that are really only about an idea, as if the writer is saying, hey look, I had this great idea. But there's really not a *story* there. I guess basically they're saying it's a plot without an actual story. What is it that makes a story then? I'm thinking it's the character's journey. What does the character want? I mean, *really* want, not just his/her story goal. And what's standing in their way? Or whom is standing in their way?
