@Connor Bible: Here's something, just food for thought. My cousin's a writer, she spends basically all of her time doing research/reading/writing in some capacity. She has completed several short novels. They are all self-published, but I suppose this is a necessity, as she is only 16 years old as of this writing. One of the things I see her doing a lot is taking a notepad around and physically writing down story ideas. She takes this notepad everywhere. We went to a baseball game and she was still plotting out her story, next physically, on paper.
Maybe you could try this approach to writing - using physical paper, rather than typing on your computer? It will give you less imperative to do distracting things (like browse the farms), and it will allow you to keep a written record of your entire thought processes (unlike computer writing where you might just delete entire ideas you don't end up wanting to use). Then you can quickly compare things and think about lots of different options. You can also take this notepad several places, like baseball games. Having a notepad available at all times makes it easier to just jot down little things. If you're at a baseball game and you observe the way two people sitting in front of you in the crowd interact, you could even jot down some of the things you've noticed about their interaction to add to character development. You could walk around the college campus jotting things down! Can't do that with computer writing.
Also, to everyone saying his writing isn't very good: It's not, this is true, but he did admit he just went for 40 minutes without stopping and didn't edit it before posting it. I think for Connor the mere act of writing is more important than the content at the moment. In fact, I strongly encourage him (here
@Connor Bible I'll tag you again so you look at this line) to participate in National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write 50,000 words over the month of November, which comes out to about 1,667 words per day (which you can get done in about 45 minutes if you write consistently and have a fast wpm rate). I did it three times and made it to the goal all three times - while being a high school student, I may add. Now, none of those stories have ever been published because I realized not long after the third one that writing wasn't really my passion. This can be a way to help you develop your drive or realize you're not cut out for writing, either one. And if it's the former, it has the added benefit of forcing story to be made! Then you can edit it later if you like the product. Really I don't see the problem with the "force-yourself-to-write, fix-later" approach. (But then, I'm
not an author.)
I can't help at least trying a little
