Ok, I've decided I want to write something. Now what?
There are two ways to go here.
1) Start writing. It doesn't matter what, or for how long. Just get something on paper.
2) Take notes. Create the world I want to write about before I actually begin writing about it.
The common thread between these two paths is that I'm getting started. For the longest time I thought about the stories I wanted to write, but it wasn't until I put my ideas down on paper that the ideas went from being 1-dimensional to something more. With a foundation to build on I was able to grow from a cool idea to a tangible plot.
I stayed in this stage for several months just writing. I didn't know where I was heading or what I was doing, and neither did the characters in my story. They just lived the story I was writing for them and as they did so their personalities began to take shape. Eventually I went back and completely rewrote everything that happened to them in the beginning, but by that time I had a good sense of who they were and what they brought to the table.
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