I can't write anything with a plot.

As it says. I seem to be incapable of लेखन things in which things actually happen. I can write drabbles, oneshots, vignettes, gauntlets... but anything longer than that and I just can't hold it. I have ideas and characters, but can't seem to flesh them out. Is this some form of writer's block, या is it something else? Any help appreciated. :)
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लेखन जवाब

Cinders said:
It will sound juvenile, but have आप tried लेखन प्रशंसक fiction? The setting, characters and relationships are already in place, leaving आप to worry only about a plot and how to हटाइए it forward. प्रशंसक fiction is a great exercise for writers who struggle with plot because it's the only aspect of लेखन they actually have to think about, considering everything else has been created for them.

Other than प्रशंसक fiction (if you've tried it and it doesn't help, या आप have some issue with it) I would suggest an A/B character exercise in which आप have person A and person B and neither could be blander या और under developed. But that's OK because it's not about those characters. It's about the conflict between them, या about something that happens to them. Start generic, then narrow it down, make it और specific. This is adapted from an अभिनय exercise.

If आप want an example of an A/B sketch, just ask.

Another exercise I could think of is to take something mundane and every दिन and turn it into an adventure. This is और an exercise in descriptive/figuritive language and voice, but I think it can help with plot as well because you'll be thinking about how to make something boring interesting. For example, a kid is going to the store to buy दूध for his mother. But maybe it's the first time he's allowed to go out alone. How would he see this? What might he turn it into, in his imagination?

Lastly, drop yourself in a high-stakes scene या situation. One of our prompts for writer's group years ago, when we had one, was "The sun was hot, the ocean was vast, and the sharks were beginning to circle." [link]

Right there आप have a high-stakes situation. How are आप going to get your character(s) out of it? आप don't need to do that sentence. There are a million other prompts that'll do the job.

Anyway hope this was helpful a little.
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It was very helpful. ;) Thanks so much.
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mpepin04 said:
well, आप कहा आप have your characters,maybe take sometime to discribe what your characters are like and what they do. To make an easier plot take a sheet of paper and write this.
(leave space)
C,S,P,S&E it stands for characters, setting, problem, soulution, and events.
Hope I could help- remember, it's not about the length it's about the quailty.

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Thanks.
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ellie_bellie135 said:
Aw! I hate that! I used to have this problem heaps!
What helps me is to start द्वारा thinking of a compliction and an ending, THEN think about a setting and characters.
But really it's just a matter of waiting for the right idea to come to you. And don't be afraid to come back to your old stories once you've thought about it for a bit. Remember those settings and characters and use them in somthing else.
The secret is not to force it too much. Really think about so आप have the plot clear in mind before आप start लेखन and don't be afraid to change it once आप start.
I would have thought about my current story for about 6 months before I started लेखन it and I have made countless changes since then.

Happy लेखन :)
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Thanks so much. :)
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