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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/38669
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Almost every day I come up with new titles and rough ideas for new books to write. I e-mail them to myself, happy and longing to write them down. I have published two books, and I know I can write. But for some reason, I cannot formulate my ideas to finish one story. I get stuck, I don't find what I really search for. I find it hard to find the motivation to go through the text and find THAT ending, THAT start, THAT tone, THAT character.

I guess a lot of writers struggle with this in different ways. When this happens I say to my self: just write, just sit down, just concentrate. But what I do, is starting the next story if the first one doesn't turn out well, and then the next, the next etc ...

Maybe I had a lucky start, but writing my first two books was easy for me. The first one I wrote in less than a week, and the next one during a summer. I didn't have to force anything. I found images, turns and ends quite easy without having to overanalyse anything.

I sent the manuscript to a reputable publisher and to my surprise and joy, they accepted, both manuscripts without many changes. A common denominator between the books is that they both derive from my own childhood feelings, although the stories are fiction. I wrote them in a flow without judging what I wrote. And in the end most of the text was cut out, it was part of the process, refining the story.

It is three years since I last published a book. And I get stressed of all my colleagues that publish new beautiful books every year, and I am just struggling, having all these ideas, but can't find the essence in them that would do to send to a publisher. I don't believe that " I´m not good enough". I guess the only way forward is to write. But I wonder if there is something more, someone out there could send as a good advice. Because soon I don't know what to do, if I can't bring forth one of my stories soon.

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