Look, I am always going to love the aspects and action of world-building. Alagossia is my baby and I want to see her grow into a fine woman! I still want my novel to be inspired by my favorite stories. Given what I am going for with Project Glorious, I still need world-building no matter.
BUT…I want to LOVE the art of crafting and writing a story. Since I still want to write and publish novels, I just want to focus on characters and plot more than the world. I am still finding my habits creeping into the story. Yes, it is a rough draft that I KNOW needs to be edited and revised. I am not stupid and arrogant enough to just let Project Glorious/Red Reign not go through edits.
I want so badly to get better at writing, hence why I am trying to do it as much as I can. I just hate when I get into world-building fits when I am not writing because I need to change things. Mind you I am only focusing on the magic system, the races, and the countries only, nothing else really. I CONTINUE to focus on those things. Making changes (so many changes), jotting down notes and trying to build it from there, and ignoring crafting the plot, the characters, and slowly working on my prose.
I chalk it up to that whole I-am-a-panster-I-just-go-with-flow-I-don’t-need-an-outline-shtick that I am always confident about.
My first drafts are me just vibing and going with the flow of the story. Project Succession was on draft two, yet I felt it went nowhere. I just focused on world-building. The characters still seemed bland and uninteresting to me as well as the plot. I was still unsure what I wanted to even do with the story overall.
So, I want to become a better writer and storyteller, not just getting better at building a fictional world. There are many authors I never tried copying based on their writing styles, primarily the ones that I’ve “enjoyed”. I don’t read many fiction novels since I struggle with reading and only can handle looking at the “bigger picture” with manga/manhwa/webcomics. I am getting better at reading books, still I go in and out when my brain gets distracted by my loud ass thoughts that have nothing to do with the book I am reading. Not sure how I managed to finish books, but I do.
I am rambling and I apologize for that!
The point is that I want to become better at writing and storytelling, building interesting/relatable/human characters, executing a bizarre plot into something amazing, and creating a writing style inspired by my favorites with my own twist. I just don’t want my over affection/love for Alagossia to prevent me from doing that so much.
TL;DR: How do I accomplish that the more and longer I keep writing stories? I want to get better at writing and telling stories, not just solely focusing on world-building.
Side Note: also, Wattpad is going to be the main place where I share my story projects, relating to Alagossia or not.
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