Churtward's picture
Churtward from Gainesville, VA is reading Play It As It Lays June 22, 2014 - 8:04pm

I have a few ideas for stories in my mind that I feel I desperately need to get out. 

It's all been bubbling up inside me for quite sometime, but I only like to do one story at a time. I just work better that way. 

I don't know which one to start. 

How do I pick?  

Help?!

Thuggish's picture
Thuggish from Vegas is reading Day of the Jackal June 22, 2014 - 9:14pm

sit down and go

Richard's picture
Richard from St. Louis is reading various anthologies June 22, 2014 - 9:57pm

write the one that speaks to you the most, the one you're most excited to get to, the one you can see best, the one you know the best. good luck!

simulacrum's picture
simulacrum from Las Vegas is reading shit June 24, 2014 - 1:43am

I'm not the type - or I have yet to develop the ability - to effectively switch off working between two or more stories simultaneously. While I labor over one, I take numerous notes and plot points, character qualities, dialogue bits, and other random flashes of inspiration that I feel would fit with my ideas for other stories. So, by the time I have finished one I have a considerable yet still obviously rough outline of where I would then be taking this new story.

Brandon's picture
Brandon from KCMO is reading Made to Break June 24, 2014 - 7:48am

Do the one you know you can actually finish.

Dwayne's picture
Dwayne from Cincinnati, Ohio (suburbs) is reading books that rotate to often to keep this updated June 24, 2014 - 1:27pm

Maybe just get started on the one you like best, see what happens.

George Pollino's picture
George Pollino from San Diego, California is reading NOS4A2 by Joe Hill June 27, 2014 - 4:21pm

Which one would you like to read the most if it was finished?

L.W. Flouisa's picture
L.W. Flouisa from Tennessee is reading More Murakami June 27, 2014 - 8:07pm

I often work on two projects. Often if I can't think of anything for one, than I work on the second one. Then often I'll find a solution to the first story while working on the second one. Let the ideas come to you, don't force them.

Skyler Nova's picture
Skyler Nova from Ukraine is reading The Gun Seller July 1, 2014 - 10:04am

I'm all for hands-on experience with everything, so if I were you, I'd pick any story I felt like writing most. If it doesn't work out--well, it doesn't. I'll only know if I try. But everyone's process is different, so it's all up to you in the end.

Frank Menser's picture
Frank Menser from North Carolina August 11, 2014 - 5:38am

Jot down reminders for the stories, then pick which one that calls loudest.

L.W. Flouisa's picture
L.W. Flouisa from Tennessee is reading More Murakami August 11, 2014 - 10:20am

Stick to one story, and write it down when it comes to you. I found in my beginning writing days, I constantly switched between different projects.