I’ve written two, too-long fiction books. After the second one, I realized I only have one story to write, and can’t think of anything else. I tried to start a third one, and it’s just turning into the same story–everything I like. So, I think I’m done writing.
Literally! Restrictions make us more creative, I always loved writing prompts for this. You could come up with some elements and number them and roll a die to choose them
Go look up the belgariad and then the other series by the same author. Wonderful writing and enjoyable story but every series is the same story with different characters.
And settings that, ten years after you get done with them and liked the whole thing based purely on the characters, make you go “wait, that was actually super racist and more than a little pedophilic”
Then you find out about the child abuse charges and some things start making more sense.
Yeah, I read them as a teen and really liked them, so read them (well, the Belgariad, at least, then kinda stalled on the next series) to my daughter more recently and didn’t find them quite as enjoyable. They were still fun but full of a bunch of questionable shit. I’d say it was very boomeresque with a lot of its humour. Also the weird recurring “oh drat, you have out-negotiated me again, Silk!”
I’ve written two, too-long fiction books. After the second one, I realized I only have one story to write, and can’t think of anything else. I tried to start a third one, and it’s just turning into the same story–everything I like. So, I think I’m done writing.
Try writing a story from randomly selected elements. You might surprise yourself when writing under constraints.
Literally! Restrictions make us more creative, I always loved writing prompts for this. You could come up with some elements and number them and roll a die to choose them
This is basically what Brandon Sanderson does and they’re all good. It helps that his favorite thing is inventing new magic systems.
Go look up the belgariad and then the other series by the same author. Wonderful writing and enjoyable story but every series is the same story with different characters.
And settings that, ten years after you get done with them and liked the whole thing based purely on the characters, make you go “wait, that was actually super racist and more than a little pedophilic”
Then you find out about the child abuse charges and some things start making more sense.
Well damn. That was an unwelcome surprise this afternoon. The more you know I guess.
Yeah, I read them as a teen and really liked them, so read them (well, the Belgariad, at least, then kinda stalled on the next series) to my daughter more recently and didn’t find them quite as enjoyable. They were still fun but full of a bunch of questionable shit. I’d say it was very boomeresque with a lot of its humour. Also the weird recurring “oh drat, you have out-negotiated me again, Silk!”
wait until you realize all stories are basically one story