Who else does this?

You'll have the urge to simply write, so you begin. In a few hours you've got yourself pages of either ideas, or perhaphs a chapter or two, then you leave it. You feel it's not good enough. A few days later you approach the project again, but start over new. And so on, eventually, you've started the same beginning 10 times, and the story line has changed drastically.





I mean, I do it. I've been doing it for months, same plot, different beginnings- adding genres, subtracting characters. New names, new symbolism... it's incredible how much work it turns out to be, yet you can't stop.





:) I know I'm not the only one. But, if by chance I am, how do you, as an individual, creative, original writer go about writing?





Thank ya for the input.





P.s- this is really a random question but in the most recent part I added this:





He had an almost Spaniard-like look to him; masculine muscles coated in an even, bronze tan.





I can say spaniard, right?
Who else does this?
When I'm writing, I will do the same exact thing! I'll get a really good idea in my head, start writing it out, then a few days later I'll tell myself that it's not good enough, creative enough, ect.





I would say the best way to go about this would be to get your ideas down in the story, beginning to end including events and character descriptions. After this, you'll have an outline of how you want the story to go. Small changes can be made, but nothing that would drastically change the story. I think the reason we do this is sometimes, we don't know where to go next or how to end something.





Oh well, that's just my two cents. :P
Who else does this?
I used to do the exact same thing! And I agree with Ashley J's answer. An outline and descriptions usually help you stay on track.





Someone also told me that when you have an idea for a story, you write one or two chapters and tomorrrow you begin the second or third chapters and forget about what you wrote the day before.





When you've finally completed your story, then you should go back and edit and improvise.





Btw, I dunno bout the spaniard thing.
Reply:That's one way of keeping what you are working on new and fresh and keeps you from getting bored with it. And yes, Spaniard is to my knowledge a politically correct word. Pax-C
Reply:LOL, I did that just today. I was halfway through writing my sixth chapter when a really good idea came to me. The only problem is, it's really similar to a particular plot point of "Pocahontas". LOL. Dang it.

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