Project Red has been a lovely bane to my existence. I had to break from it because it was becoming too much for me. But I figured out something about why this story has been giving me problems. I love this story and still have hope that I can finish it, yet I don’t know.
The problem that I figured out wasn’t just the plot, but rather the execution. The general idea of the story is about a fallen goddess who becomes a demon queen to a small group of other fallen gods, trying to regain her divinity back by infiltrating an massive organization to cause bits of calamity along the way.
The plot was never the issue, it was the execution of the story. I have the idea, but don’t know how to write such an idea as a story which really sucks. This is a story that I feel needs an outline, but I hate doing outlines which makes things even more of a challenge.
I do want to go back to writing Project Red again, but honestly I just want to understand how to execute this particular story.
What are your thoughts?
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I has been summoned.
Curious, why do you think you need an outline?
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So, I know how to execute this story properly.
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When you say “properly“ what does that look like, though? Because properly can mean structured properly or meeting some standards that you set for yourself or something else
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So, I can know how I can execute this story. Properly is meaning on how I can better tell the story.
I still don’t know how to tell this story.
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I see.
Maybe the story isn’t ready to be told? Like, maybe you haven’t found the right glove for it?
I had story that I loved the idea of, but I couldn’t figure out where to start it and it was making me feel out of sorts
So, I went to find inspiration art for it. But then I still had no idea. So, I decided to watch a bunch of documentaries about related topics. That gave me a vague idea for a beginning, but I still didn’t write it. I felt like I could mess it up.
I let the idea marinate for a few months, looked for more inspiration, thought about the main character, and then I did something I never did before.
I looked for inspiration for things that I thought would be cool to put in the story (not that I actually would) and that sort of, freedom to be as weird or creative as I wanted helped me figure out how I wanted to go about this story.
It was nothing like I had written before, too, so it was a bit daunting, but I did eventually feel ready to write it and I like how it came out. A little bumpy, but good enough for a draft.
Idk if any of this would help you to get out of your rut… but maybe it can give you an idea of what you can do to help find the fit?
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Yeah, maybe. Though I find that I am constantly drawn to this story for the oddest reason.
Like I can’t leave it undone.
Hm, quite a puzzle. You’ve written this story before, right? I mean like, drafted? I’m not sure an outline would really help with execution when you already have the whole story. When I outline I usually only do one act or less at a time and it’s mainly just to help me organize my thoughts, but I’m not sure this method would work well for your purposes.
I’m curious to know what you mean by execution? When I hear execution I think of style, which is a broad category. It could cover plot structure, it could cover syntax, it could cover punctuation choices. I could point you towards some books that I found helpful, if you have a more specific idea of what area of execution is giving you trouble.
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Yes. I just never finished it.
What I mean is mainly how I want to start this story and how I want it to progress. I’m struggling with how I want the story to progress. I can’t capture the vision that I once had for it in my mind.
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How is that different from plot?