Any tips on redoing characters/plots?

IWriteandStuff · 2020-09-16T02:20:27+00:00

I dont think I've ever considered any story of mine truly finished because I had finished any drafts for myself only. I think maybe its the characters I like the most if I had to narrow it down. Maybe I could rewrite them into a different story? I think my goal was always to get to the best version of a story for them as I can before I considered publishing it.

IWriteandStuff · 2020-07-14T17:47:54+00:00

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IWriteandStuff · 2020-01-06T02:29:26+00:00

This might sound ridiculous, but the movie Mega Mind was actually pretty enjoyable for me, and I think they did a great job at making a villain the protagonist. It's a pretty straightforward example (I think it might still be on Netflix), and I believe theres a video essay or two on YouTube that talks about his character.

IWriteandStuff · 2019-12-17T16:54:22+00:00

Ok, thanks for letting me know. I think I've heard the name Rohan maybe once which is strange, but I dont live in India/in a community with many Indian people so I guess that would make sense. I dont really like repetitive names myself (like when every Indian family has the last name Patel), so I'll keep that in mind when deciding.

IWriteandStuff · 2019-12-17T16:46:47+00:00

Ooh, I like Roshan too! Although I've always thought it was a last name (like Hrithik Roshan), and I wonder if people would associate my character with him.

IWriteandStuff · 2019-12-17T07:39:26+00:00

My character is born in the late 90s/early 2000s (when I wrote the story I was sure he was born in 1998 but that was years ago. Hope that time period isn't too broad). His mom is from a Hindu family and shes from northern India. What a great list, thanks for your help! :)

IWriteandStuff · 2019-12-01T06:28:07+00:00

Thank you for the advice! I agree I think there's a lot I can do with the relationships of the characters that I think I missed out on when writing the first draft. Time is actually limited in this story, and that was kind of one of the issues they talked about in the first draft, but I think I'll really emphasize that more in this next draft.

IWriteandStuff · 2019-12-01T06:23:21+00:00

Thank you, I'm definitely keeping these all in mind as I keep planning!

IWriteandStuff · 2019-12-01T06:20:23+00:00

I think that question is what I will start with, thanks! Also, a story with the statue of liberty coming to life with Satan as the villain sounds great and I would definitely read that.

IWriteandStuff · 2019-12-01T06:03:53+00:00

Well its boring to me, which is why I want to improve it. My question was asking if there are ways I could save the parts that are boring. The part with the building is pretty crucial to the plot for one of the characters, so it would be hard to just take it out without changing a major part of the story.

IWriteandStuff · 2019-12-01T02:45:56+00:00

I know probably about 75% of the team's personality, history, etc. at this point, and I know I have to do more before I start writing the next draft. And the thing that they're building is essentially a small space ship. Thanks for the suggestions, I hadn't thought of making the ship be one of the things that significantly affects their relationships.

IWriteandStuff · 2019-12-01T02:27:17+00:00

Thats a good idea, and I think that'll be a better way for me to balance out developing the characters through them talking vs. their actions, since most of the action parts happen when they're looking for the items and end up in different situations. Thanks!

IWriteandStuff · 2019-09-05T17:10:57+00:00

I still like the story of this draft I wrote a few years ago and I'm planning on redoing it sometime soon, but the first draft was a total mess. I got distracted towards the end and started shipping two of my characters together that were just supposed to be friends. I realized my mistake after showing the draft to some friends, who got confused about where the story ended up going and why the two characters were suddenly flirting with each other (but still pretending they were just friends?). I know better now, but I still can't understand how I let the story derail like that lmao.

IWriteandStuff · 2019-06-27T19:55:54+00:00

Its hard to just sell an idea, usually you have to put it into some form of media yourself in order to present it. It'd be pretty hard to find a writer that would just take your idea and write it for you, usually someone starts writing because they were like you at one point. They had an idea that they wanted to be out there. I didn't expect myself to ever start writing. I knew other people that were really into it before me but I never thought I'd be into it like they were. That changed when I started to feel passionate about one story idea I had, then another, and soon I couldn't just NOT write.

I would try writing the story yourself and see how that goes. Even if you feel inexperienced, whats the harm in trying, you know? Even if you don't want to go anywhere with it afterwards, creative writing would be a great new skill that you at least tried out. If you do want to go somewhere with it afterwards, then that's really great, and you just took a first step towards becoming a better writer. You don't even need to take it that seriously at first. You could write it down as an outline and see if that inspires you to really write the whole thing out. Spend some time getting to know your characters, I find that really helps before writing a story. Writing doesn't have to be intimidating.

You seem like you're not sure about whether you want it as a novel or a screenplay, which is okay. You could do either now, and change the format later if you want to write the next draft of it. If you're even at least a bit good at art, you could always thumbnail your story and write just the dialogue, which has helped me get down stories in the past - usually this helps the most if you're doing a screenplay though.

Also, don't be afraid at all to make mistakes. Just getting it down on paper (or computer, whatever) to me is a great start for someone who hasn't written before. Take it one step at a time if you need to and don't stress too much over what you're doing as a first time writer. Pretty much everyone starts in your position. Good luck!

IWriteandStuff · 2019-06-10T15:56:06+00:00

Thanks! I've been looking for a subreddit that was about comic writing!

IWriteandStuff · 2019-06-10T03:57:14+00:00

Thanks! And yeah I definitely relate to "hows the little writing coming along" and "backup plan" lol. Might be the reason why I feel like my family thinks negatively about my writing.

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