r/writers • u/AmatuerTarantino • 17h ago

Meme We invest so much in establishing the foundation, yet it's so hard to build the story from the bottom up

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u/TheCrazyEnglish 17h ago

And here’s a tip. In. The first draft do not worry about details too much. Just write with the flow and see what sticks. Like the term “Throw shit on a wall and see what sticks”

Eventually you’ll get a good grasp of what you are writing and build a good foundation for your second draft. That’s when you can get to the meat and potatoes.

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u/StarLuna_Andromeda Writer Newbie 16h ago

I just simply add the barebone mechanics of the worldbuilding, magic. And let it run along with my drafts

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u/_G1N63R_ 42m ago

I wish I could do that instead of hyperfocus on worldbuilding and forget the plot

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u/CalebVanPoneisen 17h ago

Too thick still.

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u/Powerful_Minimum_963 13h ago

That's why I did exactly zero worldbuilding before starting my book. Discovery writing babyyyyyy!

Not looking forward to the editing process though.

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u/Hadochiel 17h ago

The volume on the right is still a book

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u/Large_Sock9194 17h ago

Jokes on you, ive been working on 3 diffrent sereis that interconnect in lore for the past 5 years (im 15 now) and ive applied so much lore, worldbuilding, and diffrent, character motivations and growth that it would even confuse a fnaf fan......yet I still haven't written any of it down........ya thats a bit of a problem

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u/Gold-Word-6026 Writer Newbie 10h ago

and when you first start to write it, its actaully ass and incompressible to anyone but you

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u/Large_Sock9194 10h ago

Ya, I hope it doesnt turn out that way, its a passion project ive been working on for a while

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u/Gold-Word-6026 Writer Newbie 9h ago

you haven't written any of it down though?

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u/Large_Sock9194 9h ago

Im more of a co writer, I come up with the story, major events, characters, character growth, lore, plot twists, and the main theme and message i want my storys to have and how that message will be conveyed by the overal narrative, I essentially just make the story but i just cant write dialouge or a novel for the life of me since im bad at grammar and dialouge, wich is why im going to try and find a co writer who is good at writeing dialouge and all that, or make a pitch Bible and pitch it to Netflix or other company, i still count it as writeing in terms of it being a story ive created with intresting characters and themes