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Challenge #5

In your own space, talk about an idea you wish you had the time / talent / energy to do. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

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Oh jeez. I don't even know where to start with this one. I think mine is going to be more geberal, rather than a specific idea I wish I could do. I really wish I was better at plot consistency and linear storytelling. I've written some poems that I think turned out pretty well, but when I try to write stories or anything with plot, I have a hard time with logic and getting from A to B without skipping a bunch of steps and having the whole thing be jarring.

I'd alao really like to make a quilt but I'm missing a lot of skills for that too. This one at least feels more in my wheel house. I can knit and crochet, so a quilt doesn't feel so far out of reach.

In general, I need more staying power and follow through. I tend to be really into things at first, devoting a lot of time and energy to them, but then interest and drive fall off. Things I genuinely like (like knitting) will go in cycles, so I'll work on something a lot, then not touch it for months, then come back to it and so on. This can make it hard to finish projects, or get through a backlog of things I want to get done.

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I have these problems, too, but I am autistic in a way that presents somewhat like ADHD. I eventually learned to have three rotating projects, so that when I get bored with one I can pick up the next thing until one gets finished and is replaced by the next project. The secret being, of course, to not let myself have more than three projects at a time or I will never get any of them done, lol.

Have you read about Save The Cat or Dramatica as ways to write out major plot points? My stories got way easier to write when I started using dramatic structure. A friend of mine pointed me to a podcast that talked about writing skills that covered lots of this stuff. Highly recommend! (Also they’re just plain fun to listen to.)

Rotating projects is good. I'm glad you were able to figure out the way that works best for you. I do occasionally have more than one thing on the go, but I find I have to be careful about how many and what kinds, or else something will get sidelined for a very long time.

I have not read about those before. I'll have to take a look; it sounds like an interesting way to approach writing a story.

The only thing that helps with my staying power and follow through is having a deadline and someone on the other end waiting for the finished product--even if they themselves know nothing of it, the idea of gifting the thing pushes me to finish.

But yes, it's hard to stay interested in things for too long.

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I'm still working on finding what motivates me. I find even deadlines aren't enough sometimes, so it's been a process of trial and error trying to find something that works.

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