Loved the article. I never really find myself swayed by shiny object syndrome (at least in writing), because of my "combine instead of multiply" strategy. I always have multiple stories building in the background, but I can't jump ship yet, because those aren't ready to be written.
When you "capture those ideas," you can already be thinking of what future project they will work for. Many have been marinating for years, slowly accruing more ideas as I catch them.
I have an idea doc that has all my current story ideas. The counter passed 180 recently. Some of the ideas on this list are tagged with a note that says "Maybe this idea will work with X or Y story."
Give your stories time to breathe before they get put to paper. Let them stay fluid and interesting. Some story ideas from 15 years ago look way different, and way more interesting, now. If I had tried to write them years ago, they would have failed. I would rather write a story when it's ready and when I have developed more as a writer. My ideas are too awesome and deserve to be expressed as well as possible.
I love this ‘tagged with a note that says "Maybe this idea will work with X or Y story’’. I also think the approach that some ideas need to ‘mature’ as we do is brilliant. Thank you for sharing more of your insights and I hope you didn’t mind me mentioning you.
Love this so much! I just had a shiny new idea pop into my head this weekend and I thought I’d want to write it instead of the project I’ve been working toward. Turns out, I just needed to give it a home. Thanks for capturing what so many of us are experiencing…and also acknowledging we’re not alone in the land of a million ideas.
I have been summoned.
Loved the article. I never really find myself swayed by shiny object syndrome (at least in writing), because of my "combine instead of multiply" strategy. I always have multiple stories building in the background, but I can't jump ship yet, because those aren't ready to be written.
When you "capture those ideas," you can already be thinking of what future project they will work for. Many have been marinating for years, slowly accruing more ideas as I catch them.
I have an idea doc that has all my current story ideas. The counter passed 180 recently. Some of the ideas on this list are tagged with a note that says "Maybe this idea will work with X or Y story."
Give your stories time to breathe before they get put to paper. Let them stay fluid and interesting. Some story ideas from 15 years ago look way different, and way more interesting, now. If I had tried to write them years ago, they would have failed. I would rather write a story when it's ready and when I have developed more as a writer. My ideas are too awesome and deserve to be expressed as well as possible.
I love this ‘tagged with a note that says "Maybe this idea will work with X or Y story’’. I also think the approach that some ideas need to ‘mature’ as we do is brilliant. Thank you for sharing more of your insights and I hope you didn’t mind me mentioning you.
Love this so much! I just had a shiny new idea pop into my head this weekend and I thought I’d want to write it instead of the project I’ve been working toward. Turns out, I just needed to give it a home. Thanks for capturing what so many of us are experiencing…and also acknowledging we’re not alone in the land of a million ideas.
I’m so glad it helped, Jessie.
https://substack.com/@bradleyramsey/note/c-259056015?r=30n9qd&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web. https://substack.com/@misslauriemacmacmac/note/c-262004032?r=30n9qd&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
Sometimes you definitely need to run with the squirrel ideas, Laurie (or in your case sheep). I’m glad you did.
I think the locomotive left me no choice! lol!!!!
LOL!