Post by account_disabled on Dec 7, 2023 4:24:58 GMT
Among the many ways to be able to write stories without losing the so-called inspiration and without falling into writer's block , creating our own universe can allow us to be constantly active and have stories at hand. After all, the writer is a creator of worlds , right? We might as well, then, create one and always use it. A personal universe to draw on for characters, situations, contexts, locations. A common thread that is not a thread Creating one's own world represents a sort of common thread for a writer to follow and perfect, to deepen and investigate.
But it is not a real common thread, because it is not necessary to Phone Number Data write stories linked to each other nor, much less, produce an infinite series of trilogies and sagas that are boring. The connection between the various stories exists only in being part of the same universe, as happens for almost all the novels produced by a writer. Let's take Lansdale: he has written several stories set in Texas, he has created a reality that he draws on, even if that reality comes from his direct experiences. McCarthy also did this: he has his own world, rural, human, brutal and ruthless in which truly unique characters move, each with his own personal story.
A trunk full of stories I see the creation of my universe as a trunk full of invisible stories to be fished out at random, according to the inspiration of the moment. All I have to do is open it and look inside: a story will come alive, it will appear among the dust and paperwork of ideas and will say "write to me". Some time ago I started building this world, without any plan to be honest. In my short 300 word stories, the dream ones, you can glimpse a kind of cosmogony. Maybe I'll have fun putting my ideas in order and taking some notes to develop this world. Basically, I'm writing a couple of stories, one to publish on the blog, hopefully soon, and another for a self-publishing experiment, which have elements in common with another story that has already appeared on the blog.
But it is not a real common thread, because it is not necessary to Phone Number Data write stories linked to each other nor, much less, produce an infinite series of trilogies and sagas that are boring. The connection between the various stories exists only in being part of the same universe, as happens for almost all the novels produced by a writer. Let's take Lansdale: he has written several stories set in Texas, he has created a reality that he draws on, even if that reality comes from his direct experiences. McCarthy also did this: he has his own world, rural, human, brutal and ruthless in which truly unique characters move, each with his own personal story.
A trunk full of stories I see the creation of my universe as a trunk full of invisible stories to be fished out at random, according to the inspiration of the moment. All I have to do is open it and look inside: a story will come alive, it will appear among the dust and paperwork of ideas and will say "write to me". Some time ago I started building this world, without any plan to be honest. In my short 300 word stories, the dream ones, you can glimpse a kind of cosmogony. Maybe I'll have fun putting my ideas in order and taking some notes to develop this world. Basically, I'm writing a couple of stories, one to publish on the blog, hopefully soon, and another for a self-publishing experiment, which have elements in common with another story that has already appeared on the blog.