what should i write about i need a good story, i am a 12year old accomplished writer and need help with my major writers block! Any ideas would help amazingly! please?
2007-05-19 02:48:08 · 5 answers · asked by mememe 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
You can write about sport, adventure, crime or maybe Science Fiction
2007-05-19 03:10:43 · answer #1 · answered by Don Eppes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to do all that hard work on a subject and characters that you didn't even care about?
It's important to come up with your own story ideas, because if you don't have some sort of passion for what you are doing, your writing will fall flat. Not only that, but often it takes a lot of research to write good fiction. Do you want to spend all that time on a subject you don't care about? Come up with a couple well-developed characters. Find out everything about them (where they grew up, what their strengths and weaknesses are, what made them the people they are today, what was the saddest thing they ever faced). When you have well-created characters, a plot will often flow from them!
If you have writers block, go do something else for a while. Go for a swim or a bike ride, or just take your notebook into nature and describe what you see. Even if you can only sit outside your house, sometimes it helps. Write about the sounds and the smells. If that's getting you nowhere, write all about your favorite food. Most people LOVE to write about food. You may not be able to use all this writing on any particular project, but paying so much attention to detail will help you paint a more vivid picture later.
While you are at it, read as much as you can. This is sometimes just the thing that gets me unblocked. Read books in the genres you want to write and study them closely. Find out how the author does what he or she does, how the book is structured, and how the characters are developed. Also, there are many terrific books about writing. Here are some of my favorites (your local library should have most of them):
1) "Writing Down The Bones" by Natalie Goldberg
2) "Bird by Bird" by Anne Lamott
3) "On Writing Well" by William Zinsser
4) "How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy" by Orson Scott Card
5) "On Writing" by Stephen King
6) "No Plot? No Problem!" by Chris Baty
7) "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" by Lynne Truss
8) "The Elements of Style" by Strunk and White
Good luck!
2007-05-19 10:09:55 · answer #2 · answered by Obi_San 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you should use your imagination, cos I do the same. Just be sure whater you are writing is original, let your natural ideas flow do not force them.
If you are writing for children then think of some fantasy, inspiring, helping elders etc... use easy language which could be easily understood by them.
Remember the cartoons you watched, the one which loved. Think why you liked it, try to get your story close to that situation.
The best thing I can tell you is to day dream... you can do wonders with your imagination. Just put on paper all that comes to your mind.
This is how, you know Harry Potter was born. J.k. Rowling imagined all that dark stuff... and thought to to put it on the paper... then you know!
Keep writing and all the best!
2007-05-19 10:11:29 · answer #3 · answered by Crown 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just get away from it for awhile. Play guitar, piano, or paint, etc. You have to have other things in your life besides always writing. You don't want "simple writers block" to become a severe case of burnout.
2007-05-19 09:59:37 · answer #4 · answered by soulguy85 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simple: Read the greats and see how they do it.
2007-05-19 09:51:38 · answer #5 · answered by Superdog 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋