Oh gosh, same! I actually scrapped my original iddy idea once I started working on it for this challenge. But on the bright side, I was able to mold it into something much more fitting but still iddy in the ways I wanted it to be! This means a good deal of reworking and figuring out how to recontexualize the scenes I've already written, but it feels much more manageable.
I definitely think there's a shift in how we view a story once we put it on paper. It's all well and good when it's up there in your head, and you have all the context you need to enjoy the idea, but transcribing that in a way that makes sense and sounds good is often paralyzing.
Hopefully being more critical of your story is helpful rather than hindering your progress!
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Date: 2019-07-22 05:11 am (UTC)I definitely think there's a shift in how we view a story once we put it on paper. It's all well and good when it's up there in your head, and you have all the context you need to enjoy the idea, but transcribing that in a way that makes sense and sounds good is often paralyzing.
Hopefully being more critical of your story is helpful rather than hindering your progress!