When thinking about what to write I usually have one story concept that keeps recurring. I can't seem to get away from it. I can't get to the next idea either. I'm creatively stuck.
Whether you choose to believe in a Jungian "collective unconscious" from which we draw ideas, or an all-knowing, all-powerful God who gives us ideas, or The Muses, or Fate, or dumb luck, ideas come to us. They challenge us; they haunt us.
What are our choices when this happens?
We can ignore them, get stuck on them, or write them and turn them into full-blown stories.
I've seen people stuck YEARS on one story idea and they never just go ahead and write it. Then, they wonder why they can't move to the next idea or the next project. They're in a creative funk.
Write the story that you feel you need to write. Even if that screenplay, teleplay, novel, or whatever form it takes doesn't sell or even turn out all that well you honored the muses. You did your best. You developed and matured as a writer. You moved on from that one idea and now you have ten others as a reward.
So, go write it and write it fast!
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